Author: Robert Neil McIntirePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
A Study of the Relationship Between Student-parent Discrepancy in Expected Achievement and First Term College Perfomance
Author: Robert Neil McIntirePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The Relationship Between Achievement Goals and the Academic Success of First-generation College Students
Author: Andrew Holmes PerryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Academic achievement
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
"Recent research has established that first-generation college students, or those students without a parent with a four-year college degree, tend to underperform academically compared to continuing-generation college students, or those with at least one parent with a four-year college degree. The current study was undertaken to attempt to explain this discrepancy, known as the social class achievement gap, through the use of achievement goal theory. A survey of 351 undergraduates was conducted with students reporting their generational status and their adoption of three achievement goals. Their first-semester GPA was later acquired. It was expected that generational status would predict achievement goal adoption, that achievement goal adoption would predict academic performance, and that goal adoption would mediate the relationship between generational status and academic performance. Results did not support these hypotheses. Potential explanations for the null effects and implications of these findings for the social class achievement gap literature are discussed." -- Page 5
Dissertation Abstracts
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
Abstracts of dissertations and monographs in microform.
A Study of the Relationship Between Student-parental Discrepancy in Perception of Family Relations and College Achievement
Author: Donald Jerry LawsonPredicting Multiple Criteria of College Success with Intellective and Nonintellective Predictors for New College of Liberal Arts Freshman at the University of Minnesota
Author: William Donald HammelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Dissertation Abstracts International
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 1560
Book Description
The Relationship Between Parental Educational Level and Academic Success of College Freshmen
Author: Yasan GoodingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This study determined the difference in the level of academic potential/achievement across five populations of freshmen during an academic school year at Iowa State University. It examined students whose parents' highest education was: 1) high school diploma, (2) one or two years of college, (3) two-year associate or technical degree, (4) four-year degree, and (5) graduate or professional degree. Other factors that might impinge on student academic achievement are: poverty, socioeconomic status, and family structure/or marital status. The study investigated whether students whose parents attained higher levels of education beyond the high school diploma were more successful academically than students whose parents did not. Eleven factors were used to analyze the relationship between parent educational level, and student academic achievement and performance. The findings of the study indicated that parent educational level, family structure/marital status, and income range have a positive influence on their student's academic potential and achievement. Students whose parents had higher educational levels performed higher on standardized tests than parents with lower educational levels. The results from this research showed that socioeconomic factors weigh heavily on the potential and academic achievement of first-time freshmen at Iowa State University.
Comprehensive Dissertation Index, 1861-1972: Education
Author: Xerox University MicrofilmsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 1202
Book Description
Research in Education
Author: First in My Family
Author: Elizabeth Dayton Ph DPublisher: Foothill Associates
ISBN: 9780997946703
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The vast majority of American youth want to attend college, and their parents wish the same for them. Yet only about one in three completes a bachelor's degree, and a similar proportion earns a college education shy of a bachelor's degree. Unequal resources can explain much of this disparity, but parent education and income are not the whole story. In fact, a quarter of young Americans become the first generation in their family to attend college, while another quarter fail to replicate their parents' college attainment. What allows some students to rise above their parents' educational achievements? What can protect young people from falling short of college? Based on a sophisticated analysis of a large national study, the book reveals a host of parent behaviors that strongly predict children's college attendance, regardless of parent education or income. To illustrate this groundbreaking research, the book also presents the stories of first-generation students in their own words. As one student described: "I want to tell my parents that I'm helping you with this book. I want to tell them that without their emotional support, I couldn't have done it. Parents can be such a resource for resilience. Parents who read your book should hear that. I wouldn't have gone to college without my parents' encouragement and support."