The effect of ethnic identity and the geographical location of the house on the academic performance of students
Subject Areas : Planning science
1 - Yasuj State University
Keywords: Ethnic identity, geographical location, academic performance of students,
Abstract :
Ethnicity refers to a group that is distinguished from other social groups that have racial continuity and correlation with basic anatomical features such as religion, religion, language, customs and historical and cultural heritage. These factors cause a person to use them to establish a relationship with other ethnic groups or individuals and groups. Ethnicity has both subjective and objective components, which include: subjective interest and awareness of identity, belonging, common resources, Common interests, objective cultural commonalities in the language of the historical history of religion and the common land. Set against the backdrop of a politically motivated ethnic hatred between the northern region and the rest, this study shows the relationship between students' regions of origin and their academic performance in world higher education to help support students' appropriate support and healthy study habits. The thematic analysis of the researchers' data showed that students believe that effort is more important in academic performance regardless of the region of origin. Implications for educational policy that utilize healthy study habits to increase student achievement, retention, and self-efficacy around success are discussed.
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View in ScopusGoogle Scholar
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View in ScopusGoogle Scholar
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View PDFView articleGoogle Scholar
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CrossRefView in ScopusGoogle Scholar
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[Online]. Available: www.eajournals.org Google Scholar
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https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/594363/Progress_at_Secondary_School_report_final.pdf (2017) Google Scholar
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Factors Contributing towards Poor Performance of Grade 12 Learners at Manoshi and Mokwatedi High Schools
Limpopo province, Johanesburg (2009)
Google Scholar
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Academic performance: an approach of tau statistic
University Student's Academic Performance: an Approach of Tau Statistic” Proceedings of the 36th International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA), Granada, Spain (Nov. 2020), pp. 6169-6181 [Online]. Available: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac
Google Scholar
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A study of factors that influence college academic achievement: a structural equation modeling approach
J. Educ. Res. Policy Stud., 5 (1) (2005), pp. 66-90 Google Scholar
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A test of holland's theory of vocational personalities and work environments
J. Employ. Counsel., 46 (2) (2009), pp. 82-93, 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2009.tb00070.x View in ScopusGoogle Scholar
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The Widening Academic Achievement Gap between the Rich and the Poor: New Evidence and Possible Explanations
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Ethnic identity and the adolescent's academic performance
Ideas and Research You Can Use: VISTAS 2016 (2016), pp. 1-11 View in ScopusGoogle Scholar
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http://www.jstor.orgURLhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/40034554http://www.jstor.org/stable/40034554?seq=1&cid=pdf-reference#references_tab_contents Google Scholar
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Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Race/Ethnicity and Student Achievement in Education Policy Research (2000) Google Scholar
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Identity and school adjustment: revisiting the ‘acting White’ assumption Educ. Psychol., 36 (1) (2001), pp. 21-30, 10.1207/S15326985EP3601_3 View in ScopusGoogle Scholar
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Ethnic identity and academic achievement among latino/a adolescents
J. Latinos Educ., 4 (2) (Apr. 2005), pp. 95-114, 10.1207/s1532771xjle0402_3 Google Scholar
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(1990) Google Scholar
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How socioeconomic status affects academic performance
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2021), Atlantis Press (May 2021), 10.2991/assehr.k.210519.255 Google Scholar
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The influence of family background and parents' education level on the income of their children
Acad. J. Humanit. Soc. Sci., 4 (7) (2021), 10.25236/ajhss.2021.040707 Google Scholar
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Are cognitive g and academic achievement g one and the same g? An exploration on the Woodcock-Johnson and Kaufman tests Intelligence, 40 (2) (2012), pp. 123-138, 10.1016/j.intell.2012.01.009 View PDFView articleView in ScopusGoogle Scholar
