Assessing subjective university success with the Subjective Academic Achievement Scale (SAAS)
University achievement is a highly relevant educational outcome with implications for students' academic and professional futures. As the majority of students that drop out of university do so due to subjective reasons in contrast to a lack of capability to handle the workload, a measure of s...
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| description | University achievement is a highly relevant educational outcome with implications for students' academic and
professional futures. As the majority of students that drop out of university do so due to subjective reasons in contrast to a lack of
capability to handle the workload, a measure of subjective university achievement (complementing grade point average) is helpful
to enhance educational research on causes, correlates, and consequences of university success. This study aims to introduce a short
scale for assessing subjective academic achievement – the SAAS – and provide first results on its psychometric properties. Based
on two independent samples of university students, the internal consistency, factorial validity, and construct validity of the SAAS
are corroborated, suggesting the measure's administration in educational research on university success and related issues. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a2e5e9f3dcba414e9eccd5d37d32965e2022-12-22T03:49:30ZengFoxton BooksThe European Educational Researcher2517-63232021-10-0143283290https://doi.org/10.31757/euer.431Assessing subjective university success with the Subjective Academic Achievement Scale (SAAS)Matthias Stadler0Christoph J. Kemper1Samuel Greiff 2Ludwig-Maximilians-University HSD University of Applied SciencesUniversity of LuxembourgUniversity achievement is a highly relevant educational outcome with implications for students' academic and professional futures. As the majority of students that drop out of university do so due to subjective reasons in contrast to a lack of capability to handle the workload, a measure of subjective university achievement (complementing grade point average) is helpful to enhance educational research on causes, correlates, and consequences of university success. This study aims to introduce a short scale for assessing subjective academic achievement – the SAAS – and provide first results on its psychometric properties. Based on two independent samples of university students, the internal consistency, factorial validity, and construct validity of the SAAS are corroborated, suggesting the measure's administration in educational research on university success and related issues. https://www.eu-er.com/download/assessing-subjective-university-success-with-the-subjective-academic-achievement-scale-saas-11640.pdfgpahigher educationshort scaleuniversity achievementuniversity success |
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| title | Assessing subjective university success with the Subjective Academic Achievement Scale (SAAS) |
| title_full | Assessing subjective university success with the Subjective Academic Achievement Scale (SAAS) |
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| topic | gpa higher education short scale university achievement university success |
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