Running head: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY SET 2

Annotated Bibliography Set 2

Alexis Haidl
College of DuPage
English 1102
March, 13 2015

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Annotated Bibliography

Bahr, P. R. (2008). Cooling out in the community college: What is the effect of academic
advising on students chances of success? Research in Higher Education, 49(8), 704-732.
This study examines the outcome of counselors discouraging students from being over
ambitious. It finds that this is actually beneficial to students' success. This will help to
prove whether or not students should take less classes and easier classes.
Baker, S. R. (2004). Intrinsic, extrinsic, and amotivational orientations: Their role in university
adjustment, stress, well-being, and subsequent academic performance. Current
Psychology, 23(3), 189-202.
This study talks about factors that affect a students academic performance. It found
that students that were stressed were not be able to study effectively. Also, it found
that entry qualifications were helpful in predicting college performance. I will use this
to show that stress does affect school performance. I will also use it to show that
students that have won a merit scholarship will preform well in college.
Chemers, M. M., Hu, L.-T., & Garcia, B. F. (2001). Academic self-efficacy and first year college
student performance and adjustment. Journal of Educational Psychology, 93(1), 55-64.
This article examines first year university students' academic performance, stress,
health, and commitment to remain in school. It found that students with
higher confidence in their ability to perform well academically and higher
expectations for academic success score higher. This will help to prove students on
merit scholarships will perform better because they have higher expectations.

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Cornwell, C. M., Kyunghee, L., & Mustard, D. B. (2005). Student responses to merit scholarship
retention rules. Journal of Human Resources, 40(4), 895-917.
This article explores the effects of Georgia's merit scholarship HOPE program. They
found HOPE lowered full-load enrollment while increasing withdrawals. Hope also
effected course taking and and increased the amount of summer enrollment. This will
help to show the effect merit scholarships have in college.
McCarthy, M., & Kuh, G. D. (2006). Are students ready for college? What student engagement
data say. Phi Delta Kappan, 87(9), 664-669.
This article examines if incoming college freshmen are prepared for college. It finds
that high school seniors spend half the time college freshmen do in preparing for class.
This will help to decide if it is a good idea for a student to take fewer classes until they
are adjusted to college life.
Nonis, S. A., & Hudson, G. I. (2006). Academic performance of college students: Influence of
time spent studying and working. Journal of Education for Business, 81(3), 151-159.
This article compares time spent studying and time spent working to academic
success. It finds that time spent working does not influence students' performance as
much as lack of motivation does. This will help to show having a job does not affect
academic success.
Sax, L. J., Astin, A. W., & Avalos, J. (1999). Long-term effects of volunteerism during the
undergraduate years. The Review of Higher Education, 22(2), 187-202.
This article discussed the long term effects of volunteering during the undergraduate
years. The study found that volunteering positively effects the student nine years down

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the line. This will help to show the effect of the requirement of volunteering on the
student.
Scott-Clayton, J. (2011). On money and motivation. Journal of Human Resources, 46(3), 614646.
This article explores the PROMISE program in West Virginia that awards free tuition
to students who maintain a minimum GPA and course load. It finds that the program
works by offering incentives to the students for academic achievement. This is useful
to show another example of a program that has academic requirements.
Stewart, S., Lam, T., Betson, C., Wong, C., & Wong, A. (1999). A prospective analysis of stress
and academic performance in the first two years of medical school. Medical Education,
33(4), 243-250.
This article compares stress levels to academic performance in the first two years of
medical school. It finds that the more stress the student is experiencing, the lower he/
she will perform. This will help to show too much stress can have a negative impact
on academic performance.
Stukas, A. A., & Snyder, M. (1999). The effects of `mandatory volunteerism' on intentions to
volunteer. Psychological Science, 10(1), 59.
This article researches the effects of required volunteering. It found requiring students
who did not want to volunteer lowered the students' intentions to volunteer after that.
This will help show that mandatory volunteer requirements have negative effects on
the student.
Szafran, R. F. (2001). The effect of academic load on success for new college students: Is lighter
better? Research in Higher Education, 42(1), 27-50.

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This article explores whether taking fewer, easier classes in a students first year of
college is beneficial. It finds that students that take more classes have a higher GPA.
Also, it concluded that students that take harder courses have a lower GPA. This will
help to determine how the course load requirement affects students.