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Acosta, Diane; North, Teresa Lynn; Avella, John – Current Issues in Education, 2016
This study considered whether delivery modality, student GPA, or time since high school affected whether 290 students who had completed a developmental math series as a community college were able to successfully complete college-level math. The data used in the study was comprised of a 4-year period historical student data from Odessa College…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Grade Point Average, Teaching Methods, High School Graduates
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Zebrak, Katarzyna A.; Le, Daisy; Boekeloo, Bradley O.; Wang, Min Qi – Current Issues in Education, 2013
Minority populations are underrepresented in fields of science, perhaps limiting scientific perspectives. Informed by recent studies using social cognitive career theory, this study examined whether three conceptual constructs: self-efficacy, perceived adult support, and perceived barriers, along with several discrete and immutable variables,…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students, High School Students, Health Sciences
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Martinez-Garcia, Cynthia; Slate, John R. – Current Issues in Education, 2010
We examined the five most recent years of data (2003-2004 through 2007-2008) from the Texas Academic Excellence Indicator System regarding new teachers employed at high school campuses. We specifically focused on the extent to which differences were present between high school campuses with the highest new teacher percentages and high school…
Descriptors: High Schools, Economically Disadvantaged, Minority Groups, Academic Achievement