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Yu Chen – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
This case presents an empirical study that examined how general self-efficacy functions as a predictor of community college student's degree aspiration directly and indirectly via various key factors (i.e., social capital, personal input, transfer readiness). This study is unique because the author (a) utilized general self-efficacy scale and (b)…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Self Efficacy, Academic Aspiration, Social Capital
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Museus, Samuel D.; Vue, Rican – Review of Higher Education, 2013
The purpose of this study is to examine socioeconomic differences in the interpersonal factors that influence college access among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). Data on 1,460 AAPIs from the Education Longitudinal Study (ELS: 02/06) were analyzed using structural equation modeling techniques. Findings suggest that parental…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Access to Education
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Neuenschwander, Markus P.; Vida, Mina; Garrett, Jessica L.; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2007
The present study compares the relations of family SES and parents' educational expectations during early adolescence with students' self-concept of ability and academic achievement in mathematics and language in two western countries, Switzerland and USA Participants were drawn from two US longitudinal samples, The Michigan Study of Adolescent…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Parent Role