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King, Makini Lateefah – ProQuest LLC, 2013
African American students continue to be an underrepresented population in institutions of higher education. This study uses Mickelson's Attitude-Achievement Paradox to explain the effect of individual and contextual SES, students' sense of belonging, achievement and engagement on student's desire to attend college and perceived likelihood of…
Descriptors: African American Students, High School Students, Academic Aspiration, Intention
Hoffman, Abigail S. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This multi-method, longitudinal study examines the role of teacher attunement (teacher accuracy in identifying the peer group memberships of individual students) in children's peer experiences in early elementary classrooms (1st-3rd grades). Social cognitive mapping (SCM) procedures assessed and compared students' and teachers'…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Peer Groups, Peer Relationship, Mixed Methods Research