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Ackerman, Phillip L.; Kanfer, Ruth; Beier, Margaret E. (2013). Trait Complex, Cognitive Ability, and Domain
Knowledge Predictors of Baccalaureate Success, STEM Persistence, and Gender Differences. Journal of Educational
Psychology. Retrieved on 6 August 2013. http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2013-14499-001
Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company.
Bell, Jennifer (2008). An Examination of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Factors and Academic Success in the PreEngineering Curriculum at a Four-Year Southeastern University. Auburn University Theses and Dissertations.
Retrieved 6 August 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1182
Brown, S. D., Tramayne, S., Hoxha, D., Telander, K, Fan, X, & Lent, R.W. (2008). Social cognitive predictors of
college students’ academic performance and persistence: A meta-analytic path analysis. Journal of Vocational
Behavior, 72, 298-308.
Carey, K. (2004). A matter of degrees: Improving four-year colleges and universities. Washington, DC, Education
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Mavis B, Doig K. (1998) The value of noncognitive factors in predicting students’ first-year academic probation. Acad
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Pajares, F. (1996). Self-efficacy beliefs in academic settings. Review of Educational Research, 66(4), 543–578.
Robbins, S., Lauver, K., Le, H., Langley, R., Davis, D., & Carlstrom, A. (2004). Do psychological and study skill factors
predict college outcomes? A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 130, 261-288.
Roos, R. David (2012). Relationship Between First-Year Student Retention, Noncognitive Risk Factors, and Student
Advising. All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1167. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
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Tolman, E.C.; C.H. Honzik (1930). “Insight” in Rats. University of California Publications in Psychology.
US Department of Education (2013). Promoting Grit, Tenacity, and Perseverance—Critical Factors for Success in the
21st Century. US Department of Education. Retrieved on 6 August 2013.
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Rosen, J.A., Glennie, E.J., Dalton, B.W., Lennon, J.M., Bozick, R.N. (2010). Noncognitive Skills in the Classroom:
New Perspectives on Educational Research. RTI International. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
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Astin, A. W. (1993). What matters in college? Four critical years revisited. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Astin, A. W. (1999). Student involvement: A developmental theory for higher education. Journal of College Student
Development, 40(5), 518-529. (Originally published in 1984).
Bean, J. P., & Eaton, S. B. (2000). A psychological model of student retention. In J. M. Braxton (Ed.), Reworking the
student departure puzzle (pp.48-61). Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press.
Braxton, J. M. (2000). Reworking the student departure puzzle. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press.
Braxton, J. M., Hirschy, A.S, & McClendon, S. A. (2004). Understanding and reducing college student departure. San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 30.3).
Chickering, A. W., & Reisser, L. (1993). Education and identity (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Elliott, Jacquelyn R. (2009). The relationship of involvement in co-curricular programs on community college student
success and development. ETD collection for University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Paper AAI3369325. Retrieved 6
August 2013. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI3369325
Kuh, G. D., Kinzie, J., Schuh, J. H., Whitt, E. J, & Associates (2005). Student success in college: Creating conditions
that matter. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Kuh, G.D., Schuh, J.H., Whitt, E.J. & Associates (1991). Involving colleges: Successful approaches to fostering student
learning and personal development outside the classroom, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
Miller, T. E., Bender, B. E., Schuh, J. H., & Associates (2005). Promoting reasonable expectations: aligning student
and institutional views of the college experience. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
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synthesis. In J. Smart (Ed.), Higher education: Handbook of theory and research (Vol. 1). New York: Agathon
Pascarella, E. T. & Terenzini, P. T. (1991). How college affects students. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
Pascarella, E. T. & Terrenzini, P. T. (2005) How college affects students: A third decade of research (2nd ed). San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Tinto, V. (1993). Leaving college: Rethinking the causes and cures of student attrition (2nd ed.). Chicago: University
of Chicago Press.
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Upcraft, M. L., Gardner, J. N., & Associates (1989). The freshman year experience. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Upcraft, M. L., Gardner, J. N., Barefoot, B.O., & Associates (2005). Challenging and supporting the first-year student:
A handbook for improving the first year of college. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
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