The Design and Validation of a Self-Report Survey Examining Postsecondary Students’ Perceptions of Success: The Perceived Success in Study Survey (PSISS)
Kaaryn Cater,
Mervyn Hyde,
Elizabeth Asbury
Abstract:Postsecondary students' well-being is closely linked to success, which has predominantly been viewed from institutional perspectives rather than student experience. Addressing this gap, students and educators at a New Zealand postsecondary institution identified elements of overall success. Two existing measures were integrated with the student/educator feedback to form a 27-item questionnaire that was piloted twice via social media using snowball recruitment (n=225, n=237). There was strong internal consisten… Show more
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