<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Study success can be influenced by following factors: (i) social elements (social class position, parents' education, parents' profession, parents' income); (ii) student-related factors (motivation, aptitude, effort, IQ, time spend on study, opportunity to learn, pre-university education); (iii) quality of instruction (organisation, course material, communication, assignments, exams, grading, course outcomes); (iv) curriculum (number of courses, sequence of courses, test schedule, system-block or parallel); (v) government (grant, student accommodation). In the paper the influence of these factors on study success is presented. Social and academic integration are central aspects. In the research we found out that "social elements" greatly influence the decision to enrol, but have less influence on marks received and the duration of study. Grants also greatly influence study success. We were surprised when we found out that factors from the "quality of instruction" group can only explain 12.3% of the variance of exam results.</p></abstract>

Study success can be influenced by following factors: (i) social elements (social class position, parents' education, parents' profession, parents' income); (ii) student-related factors (motivation, aptitude, effort, IQ, time spend on study, opportunity to learn, pre-university education); (iii) quality of instruction (organisation, course material, communication, assignments, exams, grading, course outcomes); (iv) curriculum (number of courses, sequence of courses, test schedule, system-block or parallel); (v) government (grant, student accommodation). In the paper the influence of these factors on study success is presented. Social and academic integration are central aspects. In the research we found out that "social elements" greatly influence the decision to enrol, but have less influence on marks received and the duration of study. Grants also greatly influence study success. We were surprised when we found out that factors from the "quality of instruction" group can only explain 12.3% of the variance of exam results.

Elements Influencing Study Success

Faculty of Organisational Sciences, University of Maribor, Kidričeva 55a, 4000 Kranj, Slovenia

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Study success can be influenced by following factors: (i) social elements (social class position, parents' education, parents' profession, parents' income);...

Elements Influencing Study Success

Published Online: Feb 19, 2010

Page range: 9 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10051-010-0002-5

Keywords
study success, students, social elements, academic elements

This content is open access.

Elements Influencing Study Success

Published Online: Feb 19, 2010

Page range: 9 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10051-010-0002-5

Keywordsstudy success, students, social elements, academic elements

This content is open access.

Keywords
study success, students, social elements, academic elements