One goal, different pathways: Capturing diversity in processes leading to first-year students' achievement
(2020) Learning and Individual Differences : journal of psychology and education — Vol. 81, n° 101908, p. 1-11 (2020)
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- The growing heterogeneity among first year university students is a challenge for achievement in Higher Education. A better consideration of student diversity could help to better gain a greater understanding of freshmen adaptation to university life. This study aims to develop a perspective that could deal with the diversity in student backgrounds and experiences. Two complementary methods were carried out. First, we employed latent profiles analyses to classify 1,339 freshmen according to the characteristics they presented at the start of their first academic year. Six distinct profiles were identified, representing different combinations of possible achievement predictors (i.e., high school grade, socioeconomic status, informed-choice, and self-efficacy beliefs). Second, we investigated the achievement processes of these six profiles throughout the academic year using multigroup path analyses. Results revealed significant differences in achievement process from one entrance profile to another. Implications of the findings for in support for of success interventions and further research on the transition to higher education are discussed.
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De Clercq, M., Galand, B., & Frenay, M. (2020). One goal, different pathways: Capturing diversity in processes leading to first-year students’ achievement. Learning and Individual Differences : journal of psychology and education, 81(101908), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2020.101908 (Original work published 2020)