%0 Journal Article
%T Parental support, self-concept, motivational orientaions and teacher-student relationship, and academic competnece: an exploratory analysis
%A Muhammad Tariq Bhatti
%A Wasim Qazi
%J Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences
%D 2011
%I World Education, Science, Research and Counseling Center
%X This study examined the relationship among academic competence, Grade Point Averages (GPAs) and factors responsible for students¡¯ academic competence. A four factored questionnaire administered to a nationally representative sample of 100 graduate and post-graduate students to find out the factors responsible for academic competence. In addition, The Academic Competence Evaluation Scale (ACES-College) applied for calculating the academic competence. Significant and positive correlations are found between factors affecting academic competence, GPAs and academic competence. Students¡¯ scores on the ACES and their GPAs provided significant evidence to support the idea that the factors such as parental support, clearer self-concept, positive teacher-student relationship and strong motivational orientations are correlated with their GPAs at low magnitude and; academic competence with high ratings. It is concluded that students with stronger presence of these factors have better academic competence than their peers at graduate and post-graduate level. An integrated framework that is related to students¡¯ academic competence and that promotes other related factors is suggested.
%K Academic competence
%K Interpersonal skills
%K Parental support
%K Motivational orientations
%K Teacher-student relationship
%K ACES-College
%K Self-concept
%K Study skills.
%U http://www.world-education-center.org/index.php/cjes/article/view/332/pdf_74