An Individual-Intellectual Model of Students’ Academic Achievement (Based on Humanitarian Specializations)

Abstract

Any educational institution implementing the Federal State Educational Standards (FSES) is faced with the task of forming the necessary competencies in students. The level of competence formation is reflected, among other things, in academic achievement. Despite the interest in this topic among scientists, the indirect effects of multilevel individual traits on students’ academic achievements have not yet considered through intelligence and creativity in detail. In this study, individual-intellectual models tested students’ academic achievement. The sample consisted of 415 students of Perm city universities aged 17 to 22 years, 293 female and 122 male. Structural equation modeling was in use for shared and partial groups. The main obtained results were as follows. In the shared models, none of psychometric intelligence and psychometric creativity variables served mediators between the individual traits and academic achievement. In the partial models, fluid intelligence and fluency also did not operate as mediators. Three partial models were fit the data in respect with the mediation structure. Crystallized intelligence, originality, and flexibility acted as separate mediators. The mediator models entered the individual traits: excitation (nervous system), activity (temperament), open-mindedness, belonged self (personality). Mediator effects were observed under different Compositions and combinations of individual traits. Thus, a number of individual-intellectual integrations received empirical support for students’ academic achievement.