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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"low-SES students"”.
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A Narrative Exploration of Offering Theatre Arts Education to Low SES Students
… Fifth Ward Project --- a theatre program in a low socioeconomic (SES) elementary school setting --- meant to those who experienced it. Its primary purpose is to answer the overarching question of what meanings did the participants of The Fifth Ward Project make of their lived experience. By …
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Examining Social Capital as a Predictor of Enrollment in Postsecondary Education for Low SES Students: A Multilevel Analysis
… of enrollment in postsecondary education for students from a low SES background. Results take the form of two articles. The first article addresses enrollment in four-year institutions of postsecondary education, and the second article addresses enrollment in two-year institutions of …
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Breaking Boundaries: Investigating the experiences of Racially Diverse Low Socioeconomic Status Students through a Narrative Inquiry Approach
… it is not the only challenge racially diverse low socioeconomic status (SES) students face. By investigating the college experiences of racially diverse low SES students enrolled in a predominately white elite institution, this study creates the foundation for an imperative discussion on the …
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Socioeconomic Status, Instrumental Music Participation, and Middle School Student Achievement
… of instrumental music participation by both low- and high-socioeconomic status (SES) middle school students, and to determine whether or not there is a relationship between instrumental music participation and socioeconomic status. The differences between instrumental music participation …
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Associations between students' perceptions of teacher-student relationship quality, academic achievement, and classroom behavior: Are they moderated by ethnicity, gender, or socio economic status?
… study was to explore the correlations between students' perceptions of their relationships with teachers, students' academic achievement and students' classroom behavior. A secondary purpose of the study was to investigate if students' ethnicity, gender and socio-economic status moderate the …
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An outcomes evaluation for the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation's Fellowship Programme
… of the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation's Fellowship programme. The Fellowship programme is an extracurricular entrepreneurial education programme that aims to develop high achieving individuals in their academic, personal, and entrepreneurial spheres. Students enter the programme in the first …
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The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Adolescent Leadership in Colorado Public High Schools
… investigate the differential treatment of students in education based on gender, race, or disability. Few examine the indicator of socioeconomic status (SES), particularly in relation to student leadership participation. This study examined the occurrence of low SES adolescents in positions …
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Is this university the right place for me? Identity-related processes, university emphasis on selection, and cultural mismatch in understanding the socio-economic gap in education
… widening the gap in identification-related processes between high- and low-SES students. While the study of student identity has led to the development of constructs such as identity compatibility, identification, and sense of belonging, the proliferation of these constructs raises concerns about …
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A thematic plan to promote college and career aspirations for low socioeconomic status students
… development of the educational aspirations of low socioeconomic status (SES) students; this is called the predisposition stage (Brown v. the Board of Education, 1954; Perna & Swail, 2001; Walpole, 2003; Wilt, 2006). While much has been written on the subject of higher education of low SES …
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EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS FROM LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS BACKGROUNDS: SEQUENTIAL MIXED METHODS EVIDENCE FROM TEXAS
<p>Students from low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds face significant challenges in their educational experiences and educational attainment, and this is due to barriers related to their identity and background, inadequate support systems, and a lack of understanding of the traumas they …
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A Case Study of Faculty Perceptions of the Characteristics of a High-Performing, High-Poverty School
Research shows low-socioeconomic status (SES) students typically score lower than their mid- to high-income peers on academic standardized tests; consequently, high-poverty schools, which enroll 75 percent or more low-SES students, generally perform below proficiency standards. However, some …
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Academic Optimism of Schools and Student Achievement
… efficacy-CTE, faculty trust in parents and students-FT, and academic emphasis-AE), when controlling for SES, is a strong force in predicting academic achievement. This study attempted to support previous research findings and to provide educational administrators with a framework for …
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AN EXAMINATION OF STUDENT FINANCIAL SECURITY AND STUDENT PERSISTENCE DECISION-MAKING IN COLLEGE
… data on these variables were collected from students at Mid-Atlantic University between the years of 2017 and 2019. Each variable was run separately at the univariate level through correlations (or chi square for race) to answer the question of whether the variables high school GPA, EFC and …
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Teacher perceptions of student speech
… how teachers perceive the speech of school-aged students and whether the socio-economic status or level of schooling of the students influence these perceptions. Further, it examines the relationships between the teachers' background, the way they define Standard Australian English, their …
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A Grounded Theory Approach to Understanding the Persistence Issue that Exists for Lower-Socio Economic Status College Students
… in both the K-12 and higher educational systems, students of low socio-economic status (SES) still have access to and persist in higher education at significantly lower numbers than their more affluent peers (Gollnick & Chinn, 2012; Perna, 2005). This study employed a grounded-theory approach in …
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From Poverty to Purpose: Equalizing Opportunities for Economically Disadvantaged Students
… achievement and attainment gaps between high and low socioeconomic status youth may lead to greater inequality in future outcomes, like employment, income, neighborhood residence, criminality, and health.” School leaders have implemented various school reform initiatives to close opportunity gaps …