Academic Preparedness of First-Generation College Students: Different Perspectives

Autor/in	Atherton, Matthew C.
Titel	Academic Preparedness of First-Generation College Students: Different Perspectives
Quelle	In: Journal of College Student Development, 55 (2014) 8, S.824-829 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0897-5264
DOI	10.1353/csd.2014.0081
Schlagwörter	First Generation College Students; Academic Ability; College Readiness; Hypothesis Testing; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Self Esteem; Grade Point Average; Academic Achievement; Student Attitudes; Measures (Individuals); Individual Differences; College Preparation; College Freshmen; Student Surveys; Achievement Need; Regression (Statistics); California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Schulleistung; Schülerverhalten; Messdaten; Individueller Unterschied; Studienanfänger; Schülerbefragung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Kalifornien
Abstract	As student populations continue to become more diversified, institutions must understand students' academic preparedness to better serve them. A significant amount of research and literature focuses on experiences of students whose parents had little or no college education. Although these first-generation students have much in common with other disadvantaged student groups, their situation presents unique conditions and obstacles to their college experience. This research project seeks to focus on the topic of academic preparedness of first-generation students. More specifically, this project builds on previous research on academic preparedness of first-generation students by exploring differences in students' attitudes about preparedness compared with traditional academic measures. This study investigates whether first generation student status affects self-assessment of academic preparedness in the same way it affects traditional measures of academic preparedness. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10