A Weight and Meta-Analysis on the Academic Achievement of High School Students
Understanding the determinants of academic achievement (AA) is crucial for virtually every stakeholder interested in personal development and individual and societal wellbeing. Extensive research in several areas, such as education, economics, or psychology, has addressed this topic, identifying a v...
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| author | Catarina Nunes Tiago Oliveira Fernando de Oliveira Santini Mauro Castelli Frederico Cruz-Jesus |
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| description | Understanding the determinants of academic achievement (AA) is crucial for virtually every stakeholder interested in personal development and individual and societal wellbeing. Extensive research in several areas, such as education, economics, or psychology, has addressed this topic, identifying a vast number of determinants that impact high school students’ AA. In this work, we perform a meta-analysis, including a weight analysis of 49 quantitative studies that investigate this topic, exploring the best predictors of high school students’ academic success. We also explore moderation effects. Our results show that academic self-efficacy and socioeconomic status are the best predictors of AA, and they are statistically significant. Other statistically significant predictors, albeit less common in the analyses, are mastery avoidance, motivation, sleep habits, and work avoidance. Implications for theory and practice and directions for future research are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-23abb2c3475d4323a7f4e1e439b3b4542023-11-23T10:44:56ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022022-04-0112528710.3390/educsci12050287A Weight and Meta-Analysis on the Academic Achievement of High School StudentsCatarina Nunes0Tiago Oliveira1Fernando de Oliveira Santini2Mauro Castelli3Frederico Cruz-Jesus4NOVA IMS Infomation Management School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1070-312 Lisboa, PortugalNOVA IMS Infomation Management School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1070-312 Lisboa, PortugalUNISINOS Business School, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Porto Alegre 93022-750, BrazilNOVA IMS Infomation Management School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1070-312 Lisboa, PortugalNOVA IMS Infomation Management School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1070-312 Lisboa, PortugalUnderstanding the determinants of academic achievement (AA) is crucial for virtually every stakeholder interested in personal development and individual and societal wellbeing. Extensive research in several areas, such as education, economics, or psychology, has addressed this topic, identifying a vast number of determinants that impact high school students’ AA. In this work, we perform a meta-analysis, including a weight analysis of 49 quantitative studies that investigate this topic, exploring the best predictors of high school students’ academic success. We also explore moderation effects. Our results show that academic self-efficacy and socioeconomic status are the best predictors of AA, and they are statistically significant. Other statistically significant predictors, albeit less common in the analyses, are mastery avoidance, motivation, sleep habits, and work avoidance. Implications for theory and practice and directions for future research are discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/12/5/287academic achievementacademic successquantitativeweight-analysismeta-analysis |
| spellingShingle | Catarina Nunes Tiago Oliveira Fernando de Oliveira Santini Mauro Castelli Frederico Cruz-Jesus A Weight and Meta-Analysis on the Academic Achievement of High School Students Education Sciences academic achievement academic success quantitative weight-analysis meta-analysis |
| title | A Weight and Meta-Analysis on the Academic Achievement of High School Students |
| title_full | A Weight and Meta-Analysis on the Academic Achievement of High School Students |
| title_fullStr | A Weight and Meta-Analysis on the Academic Achievement of High School Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Weight and Meta-Analysis on the Academic Achievement of High School Students |
| title_short | A Weight and Meta-Analysis on the Academic Achievement of High School Students |
| title_sort | weight and meta analysis on the academic achievement of high school students |
| topic | academic achievement academic success quantitative weight-analysis meta-analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/12/5/287 |
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