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Strayhorn, Terrell L. – Journal of College Student Development, 2014
The purpose of the study was to estimate the relationship between academic achievement in college, as defined by first-year grade point average (GPA), and self-authorship among African American first-year students at an HBCU (N = 140), using hierarchical linear regression techniques. A single research question guided this investigation: What is…
Descriptors: African American Students, Academic Achievement, Success, College Freshmen
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You, Sukkyung; Nguyen, Julie – Educational Psychology, 2012
This study examined the relationship between academic preparation and post-secondary educational outcomes. To uncover the factors that influence secondary-level school course-taking patterns and outcomes, multi-level modelling was conducted using data from a nationally representative sample of US secondary-level school students from the Education…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Course Selection (Students), Educational Objectives, Correlation
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Werblow, Jacob; Urick, Angela; Duesbery, Luke – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2013
Academic tracking has been shown to limit the quality of student instructional opportunities, decrease students' perceptions of their abilities, and negatively influence student achievement. These factors associated with academic tracking also may influence students in lower tracks to learn less and ultimately to drop out of high school. Few…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Academic Failure, Educational Practices, Educational Policy