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Better to Have than to Have Not: An Investigation of Black History Knowledge, Identity, Academic Achievement, and Educational Aspirations
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Adams-Bass, Valerie N.; Chapman-Hilliard, Collette – Journal of Negro Education, 2021
Black history knowledge is an important aspect of development for Black youth that has been linked to learning outcomes and to navigating race-based experiences. In the current study, Black history knowledge was measured in a sample of Black youth (ages 14-21). Relationships among Black history knowledge, conceptions of identity, (i.e., racial…
Descriptors: African American History, Knowledge Level, Racial Identification, Academic Achievement
Parental Education and Youth Educational Aspiration in Singapore: A Path Analysis in Institutional and Psychological Context
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Ng, Irene Y. H.; Choo, Hyekyung – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2021
Applying path analysis to 237 secondary school students and 320 post-secondary students in Singapore, parents' education was found to have important effects on adolescents' educational aspiration as mediated through educational track and adolescents' financial stress and self-esteem. This effect is strong for adolescents in both secondary and…
Descriptors: Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Socioeconomic Status, Middle Class
Student Engagement and School Burnout in Finnish Lower-Secondary Schools: Latent Profile Analysis
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Virtanen, T. E.; Lerkkanen, M.-K.; Poikkeus, A.-M.; Kuorelahti, M. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2018
Self-ratings of behavioural engagement, cognitive engagement and school burnout were used in person-centred analyses to identify latent profiles among 2,485 Finnish lower-secondary school students. Three profiles were identified: high-engagement/low-burnout (40.6% of the sample), average-engagement/average-burnout (53.9%), and…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Burnout, Academic Achievement, Secondary School Students
Schoolwork Engagement and Burnout among Finnish High School Students and Young Adults: Profiles, Progressions, and Educational Outcomes
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Tuominen-Soini, Heta; Salmela-Aro, Katariina – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Applying a person-centered approach, the primary aim of this study was to examine what profiles of schoolwork engagement and burnout (i.e., exhaustion, cynicism, inadequacy) can be identified in high school (N = 979) and among the same participants in young adulthood (ages ranging from 17 to 25). We also examined gender differences, group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Burnout, Student Attitudes, High School Students
Measurement of Academic Self-Concept in College Students.
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Reynolds, William M.; And Others – 1980
Academic self-concept has been viewed by numerous investigators as an important facet of general self-concept. The Academic Self-Concept Scale (ASCS) was developed as a measure of academic self-concept in college students. The initial item pool consisted of 59 items worded to conform to a four-pont Likert-type response format. On the basis of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Affective Measures, College Students
Migratory Status and School Achievement: Analysis of Critical Mediating Variables.
Ockerman-Garza, Janet; And Others – 1982
The relationship among key social/psychological variables (self-esteem, locus of control, social isolation, perceptions of role models) and achievement among migrant children was examined, using December 1980 data obtained from 1,004 seventh grade students (515 males/489 females) from a large school district in Hidalgo County in the Texas Lower…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Grade 7