Dissertation

Success in the First Year: Definition, Meaning, and Contributing factors

I am investigating the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic success — as defined by the student — across disciplines.

This figure illustrates the procedure for my study to be undertaken in Fall 2019

SCAAS – Student-Centred Academic Achievement Survey (O’Neil, 2019)

  • Part 1 asks participants to reflect on their own success as a student an provide a written account of what academic achievement is to them. They then report on the most meaningful indices of their academic achievement from a list provided in the survey, ranking them according to their own values and goals.
  • Part 2 prompts students for one written goal for their academic semester, as well as a target course grade and GPA
  • Part 3 is only administered after a period of time has passed from the completion of Parts 1 and 2. This final portion of the survey prompts students to report their actual (or expected) course grade, GPA, progress toward each academic outcome provided on the list, and a brief written description of their achievement for the semester

TEIQueTrait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (Petrides, 2009)

AGQ-RAchievement Goal Questionnaire – Revised (Elliot & Murayama, 2008)

MSLQMotivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (Pintrich, Smith, GarcĂ­a, & McKeachie, 1991)