Factors influencing college students’ academic achievement in Cambodia: a case study

The purpose of this study is to address achievement gaps among Cambodian students attending an English higher education institution in Cambodia by exploring factors that contribute to their academic achievement. Using a hierarchical multiple regression on second-year students (N=215) and teachers (N...

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Main Author:	Heng, Kreng
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6494/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6494/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6494/1/3_AJTLHE_133_kreng.pdf

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spelling	ukm-64942016-12-14T06:41:21Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6494/ Factors influencing college students’ academic achievement in Cambodia: a case study Heng, Kreng The purpose of this study is to address achievement gaps among Cambodian students attending an English higher education institution in Cambodia by exploring factors that contribute to their academic achievement. Using a hierarchical multiple regression on second-year students (N=215) and teachers (N=23), this study examined the relative influence of student engagement behaviors, students’ background characteristics, and teacher quality on students’ academic achievement. Both general and interaction effects by students’ geographical origins were examined. The results suggested a variety of factors that positively predicted student achievement: the importance of students investing more efforts in homework or given tasks and whole-class participation, students’ pre-college academic experience, teachers’ teaching experience and course workload and difficulty. Interaction effect existed between students’ pre-college academic experience and geographical origins. With these findings, some important implications for closing student achievement gaps are discussed. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6494/1/3_AJTLHE_133_kreng.pdf Heng, Kreng (2013) Factors influencing college students’ academic achievement in Cambodia: a case study. AJTLHE: ASEAN Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 5 (2). pp. 34-49. ISSN 1985-5826 http://www.ukm.my/jtlhe/
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description	The purpose of this study is to address achievement gaps among Cambodian students attending an English higher education institution in Cambodia by exploring factors that contribute to their academic achievement. Using a hierarchical multiple regression on second-year students (N=215) and teachers (N=23), this study examined the relative influence of student engagement behaviors, students’ background characteristics, and teacher quality on students’ academic achievement. Both general and interaction effects by students’ geographical origins were examined. The results suggested a variety of factors that positively predicted student achievement: the importance of students investing more efforts in homework or given tasks and whole-class participation, students’ pre-college academic experience, teachers’ teaching experience and course workload and difficulty. Interaction effect existed between students’ pre-college academic experience and geographical origins. With these findings, some important implications for closing student achievement gaps are discussed.
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title	Factors influencing college students’ academic achievement in Cambodia: a case study
title_short	Factors influencing college students’ academic achievement in Cambodia: a case study
title_full	Factors influencing college students’ academic achievement in Cambodia: a case study
title_fullStr	Factors influencing college students’ academic achievement in Cambodia: a case study
title_full_unstemmed	Factors influencing college students’ academic achievement in Cambodia: a case study
title_sort	factors influencing college students’ academic achievement in cambodia: a case study
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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Factors influencing college students’ academic achievement in Cambodia: a case study

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