Academic Achievement in First Generation College Students: The Role of Academic Self-Concept

Autor/inn/en	DeFreitas, Stacie Craft; Rinn, Anne
Titel	Academic Achievement in First Generation College Students: The Role of Academic Self-Concept
Quelle	In: Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 13 (2013) 1, S.57-67 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1527-9316
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; First Generation College Students; Self Concept; Mathematics Skills; Verbal Ability; Urban Schools; Grade Point Average; Ethnicity; Racial Differences; African American Students; Asian American Students; Hispanic American Students; White Students; Socioeconomic Status; Questionnaires; Multivariate Analysis; Self Description Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Selbstkonzept; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Mündliche Leistung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Ethnizität; Rassenunterschied; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Fragebogen; Multivariate Analyse
Abstract	This study examined whether verbal and math self-concepts could help explain the academic performance of first generation college students. Participants were 167 ethnically diverse students at an inner city, commuter, open-enrollment, four-year university in the southwestern United States. Results indicated that students with lower verbal and math self-concepts had lower grade point averages. Furthermore, there were ethnic differences among first generation college students in grade point average with Whites performing better than African Americans and Latinos. In addition, Asians and Latinos had higher math self concept than African Americans. The potential for academic self-concept as an important factor in increasing the academic performance of first generation students is discussed. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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