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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Sat/act"”.
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BEYOND THE SAT/ACT: AN EXAMINATION OF NON-COGNITIVE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO STUDENTS' COLLEGE SUCCESS
Standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT claim to predict students' success in college. Colleges and universities place a considerable emphasis on these test scores when reviewing and deciding on applicants. However, over the years, institutional leaders and academic researchers have questioned …
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Study Abroad and Carnegie Doctoral/Research Extensive Universities: Preparing Students from Underrepresented Racial Groups to Live in a Global Environment
… purpose of this study was to identify current practices in study abroad offices and to investigate factors that may impact the number of minority students that participate in study abroad programs. The predictors, commitment to study abroad, proportion of staff and student workers, and awareness …
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Collegiate student-athletes' academic success : academic communication apprehension's impact on prediction models.
This dissertation study examines the impact of traditional and non-cognitive variables on the academic prediction model for a sample of collegiate student-athletes. Three hundred and fifty-nine NCAA Division IA male and female student-athletes, representing 13 sports, including football and men's …
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Registration, attendance, and reality: African-Americans engaged in SAT preparation
… their preparation for college admission exams (SAT, ACT). Registration, attendance, and the experienced reality of African American students who voluntarily enrolled in an SAT prep program as well as perceptions of African American instructors were the foci of this mixed methods action research. …
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Postsecondary Education Preparation/Career Exploration: Designing a Pilot Educational Counseling Program for Rural Counties
… review was conducted to examine current best practices in educational counseling programs and to determine if self-assessments, including Myers-Briggs and Keirsey personality tests, Visual/Auditory/Kinesthetic (VAK) learning styles assessments, and Holland Hexagon (RIASEC) vocational preference …
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The Effects of Cultural and Social Capital on College Choice: An Examination of the Differences Between Latino Students and Their Racial/Ethnic Peers
… Longitudinal Study of 2002 in order to identify factors associated with college choice for Latino students. The inclusion of cultural and social capital variables as proxies for college choice sheds light on the importance of these two forms of capital for Latino students. Students from higher …
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An Evaluation of Key Components of Natural Resource Camps, Undergraduate Persistence and Success in Natural Resources
… between test scores associated with SAT, ACT, Texas Success Initiative (TSI), Dual Credit, International Bachelorette (IB) credit and transfer credit) and degree completion of college age students. Results suggested that performance in key pre-requisite courses played a vital role in …
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High school string orchestra teacher as a career choice: A survey of 11th- and 12th-grade high school string orchestra students in Texas.
… designed) was used to gather demographic characteristics, students' perceptions on selected intrinsic/extrinsic work values, tangible elements of teaching, intrinsic characteristics of string orchestra teaching, and individuals assisting in students' career choices. Selected elements of …
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PRESENTING IN THE PRESENT: PUBLIC SPEAKING IN ONLINE COURSES
… this analysis was appropriate (for example, with SAT/ACT scores). The second set of analyses added blocking variables—sex, race, and other background data—to the analysis of variance with repeated measures. Evident from these analyses was that the rate at which public speaking sub-skills developed …
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Impact of Resilience on the Academic Achievement of At-Risk Students in the Upward Bound Program in Georgia
… the participants' families, schools, GPAs, and SAT/ACT scores. All of the participants chosen for this study were at-risk students due to their status as low-income and potential first-generation-to attend college, high school seniors in the Upward Bound Program in both rural and urban …
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Encouraging Underrepresented Minority Student Participation in the STEM Pipeline Through Authentic STEM Learning Experiences
… and a sense of belonging as major factors affecting participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs among underrepresented minority (URM) groups at the collegiate level. However, K–12 institutions have an obligation to address the inequity also. To …
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The Relationship Between Participation in a Student Success Course and the Retention Rate and Academic Success of First-Year Freshmen at a Historically Black University
… retention and understand the variables and factors associated with students’ successful outcomes from both an individual and institutional perspective. An in-depth examination of the effectiveness of strategies specifically designed for the retention and academic success of at-risk students …
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An examination of Indiana Early College High School students who attended Purdue University between 2006 and 2015
… is necessary to understand the full impacts of this phenomenon. To date, no studies have done so. This work begins the process by describing outcomes and experiences of students from seven endorsed Early College High Schools in Indiana who chose to attend Purdue University between the …