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30th APS Annual Convention

The Role of Noncognitive Factors in Student Success

Sunday, May 27, 2018 · San Francisco, CA

Oral · Developmental

This symposium focuses on noncognitive factors’ role in student success. The symposium presents research on noncognitive factors and their relation to high school on-track status, college grades, and retention. It also includes research on first-generation college students’ identity, motivation, and engagement and the development of intervention thresholds for noncognitive factors.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Julienne PalbusaChair
    University of Illinois at Chicago

Presentations

  1. Can Noncognitive Skills Measures Better Identify Who Will be on-Track to Graduate High School?Shanette Porter, Camille Farrington, Sangyoon Park
  2. Latent Profiling College Students’ Learning Strategies Use and Effects on Academic Performance and RetentionCheon-woo Han, Sue Farruggia, Bonnie Solomon
  3. First-Generation College Students’ Identity Development As an Affordance for Motivation & EngagementKarlyn Adams-Wiggins
  4. When to Intervene: Determining Threshold Scores for College Student Noncognitive FactorsJulienne Palbusa, Sue Farruggia, Eric Schwarze, Chanel Phillips, Lindsey Back, Thomas Moss, et al.