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Vandhana Palliyarikkal Ramachandran – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The problem is the decrease in educational continuance of New Mexico high school students to college or university. The purpose of the qualitative exploratory case study was to gain insight into how educational administrators in New Mexico high schools, colleges, and universities perceive what factors influence students in Advancement Placement…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Dual Enrollment, High Schools, Administrators
Scott Sandoval – ProQuest LLC, 2021
With the changes in the educational landscape, holding students' attention has become an even more crucial point. Educators are having to find creative ways and means to engage students and make learning 'fun'. There have been numerous research studies to show that gamification can be used to drive student engagement, achievement, and reinforce…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Gamification, Learner Engagement, Communication Skills
Griselda Almonte Delgado – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Black male students are underrepresented in Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Studies on the perspective and experiences of high-performing Black male students with Advanced Placement (AP) is limited. Available research indicates that high-performing Black students are enrolled at half the rate of White students both nationally and locally in…
Descriptors: Males, African American Students, Advanced Placement Programs, High Achievement
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Han, Cheon-woo; Farruggia, Susan P.; Solomon, Bonnie J. – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
High school students' academic preparation (e.g. high school GPA, ACT composite score, AP credits earned) predicts and helps explain their academic performance at college. However, the effects of noncognitive factors on college success is less clear. This study examined the effects of adding high school students' (N = 2279) self-efficacy,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Characteristics, Predictor Variables, College Students
Leonard Wainstein; Carrie E. Miller; Meredith Phillips; Kyo Yamashiro; Tatiana Melguizo – Online Submission, 2023
This report examines the effects of taking math in 12th grade on several academic outcomes, including high school grade point average, A-G course completion, college enrollment, and college persistence. We also investigate whether particular types of math courses (for example, Calculus or Statistics) are especially beneficial for students'…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, High School Students, Grade 12
Leonard Wainstein; Carrie E. Miller; Meredith Phillips; Kyo Yamashiro; Tatiana Melguizo – Online Submission, 2023
This report examines the impact of taking a math course in twelfth grade on L.A. Unified students' science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) college course taking and academic achievement. We also investigate whether particular types of math courses (for example, Calculus or Statistics) are especially beneficial for students' postsecondary…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, High School Students, Grade 12