Strategies for success in education: Time management is more important for part-time than full-time community college students |
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Authors: | Carolyn MacCann Gerard J Fogarty Richard D Roberts |
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Institution: | 1. Confucius Institute, La Trobe University, Australia;2. School of Education, University of South Australia, Australia |
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Abstract: | This paper examines relationships between the Big Five personality factors, time management, and grade-point-average in 556 community colleges students. A path model controlling for vocabulary, gender, and demographic covariates demonstrated that time management mediates the relationship between conscientiousness and students' academic achievement at community college. Separate modeling for part-time (n = 147) and full-time students (n = 409) showed that this mediation was moderated by enrollment status. Thus, time management was a significant mediator for part-time students but not for full-time students. The greater importance of time management for part- versus full-time students suggests that noncognitive constructs such as time management may be more critical for non-traditional students. These findings gather fresh currency as ever increasing numbers of students are enrolling part-time in post-secondary education across the globe. |
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