Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Education
Achievement Motivation Attributes Of International Students Attending A Postsecondary Institution, Paula Chernoff Epstein
Achievement Motivation Attributes Of International Students Attending A Postsecondary Institution, Paula Chernoff Epstein
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to identify and compared the causal attributes of achievement motivation for academic success possessed by international students to those causal attributes of achievement motivation by other legal immigrant student groups attending a postsecondary institution. In this study, F-1 international students have obtained permission from the federal Department of Immigration and Naturalization Services to attend Miami-Dade Community College in Miami, Florida. There were two additional groups of students selected to participate in this study: Permanent Resident students and Others comprised of asylees, refugees and paroles, which are specific categories of legal immigrant students.
From the …