What successful students do: Evidence-based learning activities matter for students' performance in higher education beyond prior knowledge, motivation, and prior achievement

In higher education, students must manage their learning on their own. When students seize the opportunity to engage in specific evidence-based learning activities, this should contribute to their achievement beyond their individual learning prerequisites (i.e., prior knowledge and motivation) and their prior achievement. In turn, students with higher motivation should use more learning activities. To test these hypotheses, two cohorts of...