Be(com)ing an Excellent Student: A Qualitative Study with Engineering Undergraduates

Autor/inn/en	Monteiro, Sílvia; Almeida, Leandro S.; Vasconcelos, Rosa M.; Cruz, José Fernando A.
Titel	Be(com)ing an Excellent Student: A Qualitative Study with Engineering Undergraduates
Quelle	In: High Ability Studies, 25 (2014) 2, S.169-186 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-8139
DOI	10.1080/13598139.2014.966066
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Qualitative Research; Engineering Education; Academic Achievement; High Achievement; Educational Environment; Semi Structured Interviews; Student Attitudes; Parent Role; Teacher Role; Excellence in Education; Extracurricular Activities; Individual Characteristics; Time Management; Statistical Analysis; Foreign Countries; Student Motivation; Learning Motivation; Metacognition; Personality Traits; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitative Forschung; Ingenieurausbildung; Schulleistung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Schülerverhalten; Parental role; Elternrolle; Lehrerrolle; Lernerfolg; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Zeitmanagement; Statistische Analyse; Ausland; Schulische Motivation; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Individual characteristics
Abstract	This study explores the factors affecting the development of academic excellence on a group of 33 high-achieving engineering students. Participants were interviewed individually to explore several personal and contextual aspects of their past and current academic pathways. The results obtained reflect three main contributions to the conceptualization and understanding of excellence in academic contexts: the need to adopt a multidimensional and dynamic view about the concept of excellence; the existence of a variety of possible pathways and environmental conditions to achieve excellence; and the understanding of excellence as a process undergoing continuous development, which thrives within the family context and school environment, and that seems to be continuously nurtured by individuals in interaction with their contexts. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10