THE EFFECTS OF AFFINITY GROUPS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SETTING
Author
Hartness, Amanda J.
Abstract
Closing the Achievement Gap is one of the nation's top education reform topics today. Despite many education reform efforts, the academic achievement of African American students continues to lag behind that of white students. In efforts to improve minority student achievement, some schools and organizations have created affinity groups to increase student self-efficacy and connectedness to school. This research study examined the potential impact racial affinity groups had on African American student achievement at the elementary school level in one district.
Date
2012
Citation:
APA:
Hartness, Amanda J..
(January 2012).
THE EFFECTS OF AFFINITY GROUPS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SETTING
(Doctoral Dissertation, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship.
(http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3990.)
MLA:
Hartness, Amanda J..
THE EFFECTS OF AFFINITY GROUPS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SETTING.
Doctoral Dissertation. East Carolina University,
January 2012. The Scholarship.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3990.
May 10, 2024.
Chicago:
Hartness, Amanda J.,
“THE EFFECTS OF AFFINITY GROUPS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SETTING”
(Doctoral Dissertation., East Carolina University,
January 2012).
AMA:
Hartness, Amanda J..
THE EFFECTS OF AFFINITY GROUPS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SETTING
[Doctoral Dissertation]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University;
January 2012.
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Publisher
East Carolina University