Noncognitive psychological processes and academic achievement

Taylor & Francis

Noncognitive psychological processes and academic achievementAuthor(s): Jihyun Lee, Lazar Stankov\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138190849, 978-1138190849\nSynopsis\nIt is becoming increasingly clear that non-cognitive psychological processes are important for students school achievement, even to the point where their influence may be stronger than that exerted by the parents, teachers, or the school atmosphere itself. Non-cognitive psychological variables refer to varieties of self-beliefs and goal orientations such as anxiety, confidence, self-efficacy, and self-concept which are often seen as dispositional and motivational in nature. It is particularly important to highlight the role that confidence and self-efficacy play in school achievement, as these two self-beliefs are related to metacognitive processing the awareness of what you know and what you do not know. Self-concept, meanwhile, tends to exert .