I want to convey that affective strategy influences prior knowledge and also influences how much effort is exerted to acquire prior knowledge. Prior knowledge and effort exerted, in turn, affect the performance. Does the below sentence convey the same?
Affective strategy positively influences students in acquiring prior
knowledge and exerting effort to acquire the later, which in turn
significantly affects the first-semester performance in engineering
Best Answer
Affective strategy positively influences students in acquiring prior knowledge and exerting effort to acquire the later, which in turn significantly affects the first-semester performance in engineering
Edited: Affective strategy positively influences students in acquiring knowledge and exerting efforts to do so, which, in turn, significantly affects their first-semester performance in engineering.
Please note: One does not "acquire prior knowledge". You can have prior knowledge of something, such as, for instance, a crime, but engineering students acquire knowledge, not prior knowledge.
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