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Exploring the Underpinnings That Attribute to Low Performance on Standardized Tests by First Year University Freshmen at a Historically Black College and University
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Jeffery Joseph Darby Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The primary purpose of this study was to examine and determine what factors contribute to the prevention of first semester freshmen students not succeeding on high stakes tests based on their opinions, and what variables are important to their performance at the university. The Personal Educational Academic Survey (PEAS), a 65 item Likert-type…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, High Stakes Tests, Academic Achievement