Open AccessDevelopment of an Academic Achievement Risk Assessment Scale for Undergraduates: Low, Medium and High Achievers
Author(s) -
Tahira Jibeen,
Masha Asad Khan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
multidisciplinary journal of educational research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2014-2862
DOI - 10.17583/remie.2016.1697
Subject(s) - dysfunctional family , scale (ratio) , academic achievement , psychology , medical education , identification (biology) , developmental psychology , mathematics education , clinical psychology , medicine , physics , botany , quantum mechanics , biology
This research has developed The Academic Achievement Risk Assessment Scale [AARS], for identification of the factors which influence performance of undergraduate (448 students); studying at three universities of Lahore, Pakistan. An 18-item scale, with five distinct factors was developed which included lack of motivation, dysfunctional parental practices, parental involvement in drug abuse or antisocial activities, difficulty with peers, and language barrier. The results revealed differences among low, medium and high academic CGPA groups as all five risk factors were significantly related to the low achieving group. The study has implications for teachers, counselors, and policy makers in the field of learning