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Direct linkCassie D. Jay Barron – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Disproportionate representation of historically underserved students in advanced placement programs, such as the IB program, is a persistent issue nationwide. Despite being called "the great equalizer," public education often perpetuates systemic inequities for marginalized students, including those living in poverty or belonging to…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Public Education, Advanced Placement Programs, Referral
Peer reviewedHeron-Hruby, Alison; Johnson, Lindsay Ellis – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2019
In this classroom study, the authors examine the use of popular psychology myths as a frame for literary analysis in high school English. The study reflects a cultural studies approach to teaching that attends to students' cultural awareness in interpreting what they read. Previous research has demonstrated that students' cultural awareness, in…
Descriptors: High School Students, Advanced Placement Programs, Psychology, Misconceptions
Fluker, Roslyn Vanessa – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The problem investigated in this study focused on continued underrepresentation of African-American students taking Advanced Placement courses as compared to their peers. The purpose of the qualitative, phenomenological study was to understand how students perceived their experiences and factors that contributed to the lack of African American…
Descriptors: African American Students, Advanced Placement Programs, Student Attitudes, Student Participation
Hood, Tracy – Physics Teacher, 2012
Ask a typical high school student to draw a picture of how a bar magnet works and most of the drawings produced will show a "+" and "-" sign at the two ends. Some students will write "N" and "S." If you then ask some follow-up questions, they will often resort to talking about "charges" being responsible for the magnetism. For several years, I…
Descriptors: High School Students, Misconceptions, Magnets, Demonstrations (Educational)
Bertrand, Peggy – Physics Teacher, 2009
Participation in rigorous high school courses such as Advanced Placement (AP[R]) Physics increases the likelihood of college success, especially for students who are traditionally underserved. Tackling difficult multiple-choice exams should be part of any AP program because well-constructed multiple-choice questions, such as those on AP exams and…
Descriptors: Physics, Advanced Placement Programs, Student Participation, Academic Achievement
Wainer, Howard – Princeton University Press, 2011
"Uneducated Guesses" challenges everything our policymakers thought they knew about education and education reform, from how to close the achievement gap in public schools to admission standards for top universities. In this explosive book, Howard Wainer uses statistical evidence to show why some of the most widely held beliefs in…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Achievement Gap
