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Burgin, Ann Savona – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this research was to determine how, and to what extent, attitudes and behaviors of collegiate elite scholar athletes vary from attitudes and behaviors of non-elite scholar athletes and their academic success. This study sought to fill the gap in the literature with new information about academically successful athletes. The study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Learning Strategies, Athletes
Bruce, Gail Berg – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Advancement Via Individualized Determination (AVID) provides middle-achieving, underachieving and socio-economically disadvantaged students in grades 4-12 with success strategies, and rigorous coursework that prepares them for high school graduation and college acceptance. Based on a series of interviews with Latina students who had participated…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies