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Involvement patterns of high achieving first-generation collegians
… the involvement patterns of eight selected high achieving first-generation students at Rowan University during the Spring 2011 semester. Participants took part in three separate interview sessions to examine past high school experiences, current college involvement, and future aspirations. …
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Fragile Strength: Math Self-Efficacy of High Achieving Girls
… to be correlated with their interest in pursuing higher levels of math education and STEM career opportunities. Most math gender gap studies have used only quantitative approaches, thereby missing the opportunity to gain deeper perspectives directly from girls who are steadfastly facing the math …
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Academic resilience: narratives of high-achieving Black female middle school adolescents
… the academic experiences of four grade 6, high-achieving Black females in an urban middle school. Using the interpretive lenses of Feminism, Critical Race Theory, Critical Race Feminism, Intersectionality and Identity Formation, roles and identities were explored with word choice and …
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Differences in Bright Low-Achieving and High-Achieving Ninth Grade Pupils
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Principals' Perception of Social Emotional Learning in High Achieving High Schools
… learning (SEL) support for all students in high-achieving schools (HAS) in both in-person and virtual learning environments. Using a phenomenological research design, principals from high achieving schools were interviewed to identify their perceived role in providing SEL for all students. …
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Revealing Academic Optimism in a High Achieving Middle School: A Case Study
This research investigated how one high achieving middle school staff demonstrated Academic Optimism as measured by the School Academic Optimism Scale (SAOS) and the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (Revised) for middle schools. Twenty-seven teachers from a chosen middle school …
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An empirical typology of cognitive abilities in high achieving third grade students
… study was to determine if distinct subgroups of high achieving children could be identified using a recently redeveloped intelligence measure—The Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability, 3rd edition (WJ-III). Students were referred for further testing based on their scores on the Indiana …
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Principal and Teacher Flow of Influence in High-Achieving, High Poverty Schools
… to investigate the flow of influence in three highpoverty, high-achieving elementary schools to see in what ways social influence was exchanged between principals and teachers and how might this exchange increase instructional capacity. The two central research questions were: 1. In what ways …
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The Imposter Phenomenon and Achievement Dispositions in High-Achieving Women in Clinical Psychology
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between imposter feelings and achievement dispositions (i.e., self-handicapping behaviors and personal development competitive attitudes). It was hypothesized that imposter feelings would be positively correlated to self-handicapping …
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What Influences Girls' Mathematics Achievement? The Stories of Six High Achieving Middle School Females
… reflective researcher journal. Six high achieving seventh-grade female math students that I worked with in the past were interviewed. The interviews were taped, transcribed, and categorized in order to compare the responses of the different girls. The types of student responses …
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An examination of the high-achieving community college transfer student at a research university
… the factors that might be contributing to the high academic success (GPA 3.0 or greater) of certain community college transfer students at a research university. The data for this study were collected in the Spring of 1990 using the population of Maryland community college transfer students …
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Experiences Of High-Achieving High School Students Who Have Taken Multiple Concurrent Advanced Placement Courses
Problem: An increasing number of high-achieving American high school students are enrolling in multiple Advanced Placement (AP) courses. As a result, high schools face a growing need to understand the impact of taking multiple AP courses concurrently on the social-emotional lives of high-achieving …
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How high-achieving African American undergraduate men negotiate cultural challenges at a predominantly White institution
In this study I examine the manner in which high-achieving African American undergraduate men negotiate cultural challenges in a predominantly White institution (PWI). Cultural theory underpins the conceptual framework of this case study. Basing the study in cultural theory provided a lens through …
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Beyond Academic Reputation: Factors that Influence the College of First Choice for High Achieving Students
… have investigated college choice factors for high-achieving students repeatedly cite academic reputation as one of the top indicators of choice but have not indicated why some high-achieving students choose to attend universities with a less prestigious reputation than the more highly …
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A study of high-achieving transfers from twenty-three Virginia community colleges to Virginia Tech
… To examine the influences that contribute to the high academic achievement (GPA 3.0 or greater) of a transfer student from a Virginia community college to Virginia Tech and determine why the high-achieving student succeeds, the researcher utilized the qualitative research method of naturalistic …
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Something Like a Phenomenon: High Achieving Women of Color and Experiences of Mental Health Resource Utilization
… explore, and understand the lived experiences of high-achieving Black and Latina women who had utilized mental health services in the last 18 months. The impact of discrimination and stigma is present today and may manifest itself within communities of color when these individuals attempt to …
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