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Download full textSteward, Robbie J.; Hill, Martin – 1999
The primary objective of this paper is to present the outcome of an evaluation of the effect of the implementation of a learning community on the academic performance and academic involvement (attendance) of 50 urban African American freshmen who had been identified as at highest risk for academic failure. The learning community, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Black Students, High Risk Students
Peer reviewedSteward, Robbie J.; Jo, Han Ik; Murray, Darrick; Fitzgerald, William; Neil, Douglas; Fear, Frank; Hill, Martin – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 1998
Studies 208 African-American urban high school students. Grade point average (GPA) and specific strategies for coping with day-to-day stressors were found to be significantly related to psychological adjustment. Students who had higher GPAs tended to use family members as means of solving problems, minimized problems by use of humor, and used…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Black Students, Coping, Family Relationship
