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Caster, Timari T. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The study endeavored to determine if teaching test-taking strategies had an impact on the students' performance on the ACT science subsection exam. Students received test-taking strategies instruction for the ACT science subsection exam. Students were administered a pre-and post-test, confidence survey, and strategies ranking list. The study also…
Descriptors: Test Wiseness, Science Achievement, Self Esteem, Algebra
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Stone, Kari L.; Shaner, Sarah E.; Fendrick, Carol M. – Education Sciences, 2018
General Chemistry is a high impact course at Benedictine University where a large enrollment of ~250 students each year, coupled with low pass rates of a particularly vulnerable student population from a retention point of view (i.e., first-year college students), make it a strategic course on which to focus innovative pedagogical development.…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, College Science, Intervention
Nathanial Owen Weber – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate differences between native and community college transfer students and identify factors that predicted upper-level biology course grade-point average and final overall grade-point average at a four-year institution in biological sciences. The results of this study indicated four-year institution…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Biology, Grade Point Average, Science Achievement
Anderson, Amie K. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine if significant relationships exist for any of the variables, age, gender, previous GPA, test scores (ACT, Compass), number of accumulated credits, and student success in Biology. This study strived to determine what academic/admissions data can be used to determine the likelihood of student success in…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Admission, Data, Prediction
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Regier, Kimberly Fayette – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
General biology courses (for majors) are often transferred from one institution to another. These courses must prepare students for upper division courses in biology. In Colorado, a Biology Transfer Articulation Agreement that includes general biology has been created across the state. An evaluation was conducted of course grades in two upper…
Descriptors: College Students, College Science, Biology, Cytology
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Dye, Jennifer; Cheatham, Tom; Rowell, Ginger Holmes; Barlow, Angela T.; Carlton, Robert – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2013
Achievement in science is a national concern, and graduating students who are college and career ready is a national imperative. In this study, we examine student achievement on the ACT science test as a high school transitioned from teaching biology, chemistry and physics with a teacher-centric pedagogy (the traditional instructional context) to…
Descriptors: Models, Science Instruction, Science Achievement, Instructional Effectiveness
South, Suzanne Lawson – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to analyze school and district characteristics for 2005-2006 through 2007-2008 to determine which factors impacted science achievement for the graduating class of 2008-2009 in Tennessee. School size, socioeconomic status, per pupil instructional expenditures and rurality/urbanicity were predictor variables.…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Science Achievement, Institutional Characteristics, School Size
Stratton, Martha Walker – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The ACT has been used as an assessment instrument for student admission to many colleges and universities in the United States. The fate of many students depends on their ability to make an acceptable score in order to enroll in college credit courses and avoid remediation. Even though the ACT is not the only criteria for admission to college, it…
Descriptors: Biology, Black Colleges, College Admission, Introductory Courses
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Maltese, Adam V.; Hochbein, Craig D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
For more than half a century concerns about the ability of American students to compete in a global workplace focused policymakers' attention on improving school performance generally, and student achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) specifically. In its most recent form--No Child Left Behind--there is evidence…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Federal Legislation, Science Achievement, Standardized Tests
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Anderson, Susannah; Mezuk, Briana – Journal of Adolescence, 2012
This study investigates the relationship between participating in a high school debate program on college-readiness in the Chicago Public School district over a 10-year period. At-risk school students were identified using an index including 8th grade achievement, poverty status, and enrollment in special education. Regression analyses were used…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Program Effectiveness, Adolescents, Public Schools
Smith, Barbara A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Nursing program administrators need to identify significant predictors for associate degree nursing (ADN) students to determine characteristics of those who will most likely pass the NCLEX-RNĀ® on the first attempt. The purpose of the quantitative study with a correlation prediction design was to determine if a relationship existed between the…
Descriptors: Licensing Examinations (Professions), Nursing Students, Nursing, Nursing Education
ACT, Inc., 2013
This manual contains information about the American College Test (ACT) PlanĀ® program. The principal focus of this manual is to document the Plan program's technical adequacy in light of its intended purposes. This manual supersedes the 2011 edition. The content of this manual responds to requirements of the testing industry as established in the…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Formative Evaluation, Evaluation Research, Test Bias