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The importance of school and academic context in educational performance in a sample of Portuguese adolescents

dc.contributor.authorPestana, Leonor
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, João
dc.contributor.authorCoutinho, Emília
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-23T11:51:45Z
dc.date.available2017-01-23T11:51:45Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe school/academic context is key in engaging students in the learning process and consequently on school performance. Which academic and school context variables influence school performance (study environment, study planning, study method, reading skills, motivation to study, overall school performance) in adolescent? To assess the association between variables - school success, school environment, academic - and school performance in Portuguese adolescents from a sample of the central region. A quantitative, cross sectional, correlational study. Data collected through questionnaire of direct administration (sociodemographic, academic and school context variables and school performance scale). Non-probabilistic convenience sample of 380 students of 7th, 8th and 9th years of education in the school year 2011/2012, from a 2nd and 3rd cycle Basic School of Viseu Municipality, Portugal. Teens who have never failed (p <0.001), who live closer to school (p = 0.007) and who spend less time traveling to school (p = 0.007) are those who have a better overall school performance. A better school performance is also achieved, in the study planning (p = 0.015) dimension, by the adolescents with fewer years of schooling. Academic and school context variables, like the grade attended by adolescents, the distance they live from the school, and the time taken in traveling to school, are determinants of adolescent school performance.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), the Centre for Studies in Education, Technologies and Health (CI&DETS) and Odete Amaral for text revision.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationPestana, L., Duarte, J., & Coutinho, E. (2016). The importance of school and academic context in educational performance in a sample of Portuguese adolescents. The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioral Sciences EpSBS, 209-216. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2016.07.02.20pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2016.07.02.20pt_PT
dc.identifier.issneISSN 2357-1330
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/4079
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherFuture Academypt_PT
dc.relationThe Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), the Centre for Studies in Education, Technologiespt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2016.07.02.20pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectSchool performancept_PT
dc.subjectAdolescencept_PT
dc.subjectAcademic variablespt_PT
dc.subjectSchool successpt_PT
dc.titleThe importance of school and academic context in educational performance in a sample of Portuguese adolescentspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlacePorto, Portugalpt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage216pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage209pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleThe European Proceedings of Social & Behavioral Sciences EpSBSpt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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