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FACTORS INFLUENCING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN ADVANCED
PLACEMENT AND HONORS COURSES
by
Bridgett B. Henry
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2008
Copyright 2008 Bridgett B. Henry
Object Description
| Title | Factors influencing student achievement in advanced placement and honors |
| Author | Henry, Bridgett B. |
| Author email | bbhenry21@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-04-29 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 12 June 2010. |
| Date published | 2010-06-12 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Dembo, Myron |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Stowe, Timothy Espalin, Charles |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to determine why some academically able students self-selecting to enroll in academically rigorous courses were underachieving. Participants in the study were 169 eleventh and twelfth grade (74 male and 95 female) students attending Torrance West High School and enrolled in: English 1 Honor; English 2 Honors; English 3 Honors; English 4 AP: English Literature AP, Geometry Honors; Algebra 2 Honors; or Pre-Calculus Honors. Participants independently completed a 45-item questionnaire measuring their cognitions (self-efficacy, motivation and self-regulation, goal valuation), their behaviors (attitudes towards teachers and classes, attitudes towards school), and their environment (parental expectations).; Results from the study support current research regarding the motivational and behavioral factors impacting academic achievement. Comparisons of under achieving students (receiving a final grade of C or lower) and high achieving students (those receiving a final grade of A or B) revealed that the two subgroups differed significantly in their self-efficacy, goal valuation and motivation and self-regulation, attitudes towards their school, their teachers, and their classes. Pearson correlations coefficients found significant correlations among all cognitive and behavioral variables, and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted and self-efficacy and goal valuation were the only variables found to be related to students final grade. Self-efficacy contributed 12.3% of the variance of students ' final grades, while goal valuation contributed 4.3% of the variance of students' final grades. These variables contributed a total of 16.7% of the variance. These results suggest that students ' cognitive processes positively mediate their academic performance, which, in turn is strongly related to their final grades in advanced placement and honors courses. |
| Keyword | academic achievement; advanced placement and honors courses; attitudes and behavior; goal valuation and self-efficacy; parental expectations; social cognitive theory |
| Geographic subject | educational facilities: Torrance West High School |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1270 |
| Rights | Henry, Bridgett B. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Henry-20080612 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Henry-20080612.pdf |
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| Full text | FACTORS INFLUENCING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND HONORS COURSES by Bridgett B. Henry A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2008 Copyright 2008 Bridgett B. Henry |
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