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Kaya, Fatih; Stough, Laura M.; Juntune, Joyce – Gifted Education International, 2017
This study explored the relationship between verbal and nonverbal intelligence scores in students from low-income households. Researchers investigated how the verbal and nonverbal scores of these students differed both by ability level and within each grade. The Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scale was administered to 1935 kindergarten through…
Descriptors: Poverty, Correlation, Intelligence, Nonverbal Ability
Buford, Brandie J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to describe the perceptions of African American students pertaining to their engagement in Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition course and Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition examination. A purposive sampling design was employed to select 12 participants from one urban…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, African American Students, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
BULLOCK, HENRY ALLEN – 1967
A RESEARCH METHODOLOGY HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO PREDICT DROPOUT BEHAVIOR AMONG URBAN NEGRO BOYS WHO CONFRONT CONVENTIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PRESSURES. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE DETERMINING INDICATORS OF DROPOUT BEHAVIOR LIE WITHIN THE SOCIAL-PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INDIVIDUAL RATHER THAN IN THE SYSTEMATIZED, SOMETIMES HOSTILE DEMANDS IMPOSED UPON…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Blacks, Dropout Characteristics