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Relation Between Non-Cognitive Factors of Learning and the Students’ Academic Performance

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The question of learning and of its determining factors is widely tackled in the literature in the field, many researchers attempting to comprehend the act of human learning in general and school learning in particular. Thus, learning is analysed from the perspectives of neurologists, psychologists, educationalists and sociologists, each with an interest in the aspects that determine the process of learning.

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Anghelache, V. (2016). Relation Between Non-Cognitive Factors of Learning and the Students’ Academic Performance. In: Khine, M.S., Areepattamannil, S. (eds) Non-cognitive Skills and Factors in Educational Attainment. Contemporary Approaches to Research in learning Innovations. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-591-3_7

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