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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Academic achievement -- United States."”.
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Course registration and student success: A mixed-methods study of closed classes, student enrollment, and graduation
… while controlling for student demographics and academic preparation for first-time, full-time students at a public university? • Research Question 2 (RQ2): How, if at all, do closed class encounters predict time to graduation while controlling for student demographics and academic preparation …
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Third grade standardized tests as indicators and estimates of future performance on the ACT
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between 3<sup>rd</sup> grade standardized test scores and ACT Composite scores in high school. A second purpose of the study was to determine the consistency of rank within a cohort from 3<sup>rd</sup> grade to high school as measured …
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Experiences Of High-Achieving High School Students Who Have Taken Multiple Concurrent Advanced Placement Courses
… took four or more AP courses during at least one academic year. A single overarching question guided this study: How did taking four or more AP courses during an academic year impact a high school student's life? Using purposeful convenience sampling and snowball sampling (Creswell, 2007; Bogdan & …
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An evaluation of the effectiveness of living learning communities on student success, retention, and belonging
… and a stronger sense of community, though academic performance differences were not statistically significant. Thematic analysis of qualitative interviews revealed that intentional faculty-student interaction, tailored academic support, and early community-building efforts contribute to …
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An investigation of the correlation between learning and student achievement of minority students
<p>The purpose of this study was to evaluate why the grades of minority students in the high school were not up to par with majority students using action research resulting in a description of patterns within the school. At this stage of the research, inequities were generally defined as unfair …
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Acculturation, peer influence, and academic achievement among Hispanic descent early adolescents
… between acculturation, peer influence, and academic achievement among Hispanic early adolescents. The study utilized an existing data set. The data were based on a survey which was constructed by the principal investigators (Carlson, Lain, Schott, & Uppal, 1998). The sample consisted of 846 …
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Student loan debt influence on graduate degree attainment
<p>Student loan debt is an important topic up for discussion and has become a huge issue affecting multiple dimensions of today’s society. Undergraduate students are accruing more debt than ever to pay for college degrees, and recent trends in higher education report a raise in cost of tuition. …
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Ninth grade student success: An analysis of a credit recovery program.
… to which a credit recovery program improved the academic success for high school freshmen. For the purpose of this study, academic success was defined as whether or not the student advanced from 9th to 10th grade. A total of 255 students from two junior high schools and one comprehensive high …
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Educationally At-risk College Students From Single-parent and Two-parent Households: an Analysis of Differences Employing Cooperative Institutional Research Program Data.
Using factors of low income, parents' levels of education, and family composition as determinants of educationally at-risk status, study investigated differences between first generation, undergraduate college students from families in lowest quintile of income in the U.S, One group consisted of …