ERIC Number: EJ1286025
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2984
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Pilot Study to Develop an Augmented Student Support Needs Scale to Address the Needs of HBCU Students
Gross, Thomas J.; Li, Qingxia; Lockwood, Adam B.
Journal of Negro Education, v88 n3 p213-228 Sum 2019
The authors completed a pilot study to examine the original Student Support Needs Scale (SSNS) and alternative forms. They assessed how the items were related to each other, how SSNS versions correlated with each other, and the SSNS versions associations with measures of student attitudes and performance. Eighty students from a historically Black college and university participated. SSNS 10-item- and 5-item-per-scale forms were created. They were compared with the original, to each other, and to other measures. The coefficients related to how items related to each other indicated that the alternative forms had similar to better correspondence between related items than the original scales. The 5-item-per-scale version was used as the augmented SSNS (SSNS-A). SSNS-A correlations with measures of student attitudes and performance were generally in the expected direction. Implications are discussed in regard to reliability and validity of the SSNS-A.
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Students, Student Needs, Test Construction, Test Validity, Test Reliability, STEM Education, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Test Items, Academic Support Services, Student Personnel Services, Measures (Individuals), Knowledge Level, Performance, Student Motivation, Educational Resources, Feedback (Response), Self Efficacy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Marlowe Crowne Social Desirability Scale
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1719262
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