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The Impact of STEM-Designated High Schools on Students' Math and Science ACT Performance
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Sheronda Yvette Rivers – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This ex-post facto quantitative study examined how a comprehensive STEM education program impacts high school students' ACT math and science scores as well as their attitudes toward STEM. Using data from one STEM-designated school, the researcher examined ACT math, science, and STEM results for students who took the ACT in the Spring of 2024,…
Descriptors: Magnet Schools, STEM Education, High School Students, Mathematics Achievement
Patterns in Assignment Submission Times: Procrastination, Gender, Grades, and Grade Components
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Nieberding, Megan; Heckler, Andrew F. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
In this study we characterize student procrastination habits and investigate associations between these habits and student performance on graded course components, student beliefs about their own procrastination behavior, and gender. The procrastination habits of calculus-based introductory physics students are measured via the amount of time…
Descriptors: Assignments, Time Management, Gender Differences, Student Attitudes
Understanding How Incoming First Year College Students Develop Academic Performance Expectations: A Qualitative Case Study
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Christina Marie Coovert – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this research study was to explore how incoming first year students develop their academic performance expectations, differences between students in the development of academic performance expectations, and lastly the role of the university has in communicating expectations to students. The researcher utilized case study research to…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes, Expectation