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Direct linkKovach, Whitney M. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of integrated ACT Prep course on students' English component of the ACT assessment and English III TN Ready assessment with respect to examining students' self-efficacy for the English component of the English component of the ACT assessment. Specifically, this study will examine the effects…
Descriptors: English, Self Efficacy, College Entrance Examinations, Pretests Posttests
Boschert, Barbara N. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
At-risk students arrive on community college campuses lacking the proper preparedness to cope with the complexity of assigned reading. This study investigated whether using metacognitive prompts could improve both the metacognition and reading comprehension of at-risk community college students in a Western Civilization I class. The use of…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension, At Risk Students
Weers, Anthony J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of socioeconomic status on the achievement of high school students participating in a one-to-one laptop computer program. Students living in poverty struggle to achieve in schools across the country, educators must address this issue. The independent variable in this study is socioeconomic…
Descriptors: High School Students, Socioeconomic Status, Laptop Computers, Academic Achievement
Mulkerrin, Elizabeth A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of an 11th-grade and 12th-grade zoo-based academic high school experiential science program compared to a same school-district school-based academic high school experiential science program on students' pretest and posttest science, math, and reading achievement, and student perceptions of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, High School Students, Grade 11, Grade 12
Wagner, Jeffrey P. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Overall, pretest-posttest results for achievement, behavior, and engagement for at-risk boys not eligible (n = 13) and eligible (n = 9) for participation in the free or reduced price lunch program who completed a school-year long academic support study center program were not statistically different over time and end of school year for cumulative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Females, At Risk Students, Credits
Justus, Leisa Collins – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Student success in attaining college acceptance, gaining scholarship(s), and having postsecondary education or workforce choice is closely tied to achievement on the most widely used and accepted college entrance examination, the "ACT". Researchers have studied various interventions designed to impact "ACT" scores, but one…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Ethnicity
