A mixed methods exploration of the relationships between the racial identity, science identity, science self-efficacy, and science achievement of African American students at HBCUs

Autor: Seong Tae Kim, Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby, Angela M. White
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Contemporary Educational Psychology. 57:54-71
ISSN: 0361-476X
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2018.11.006
Popis: Utilizing a Critical Race Mixed Methodology framework, the purpose of this concurrent (QUANT +qual) mixed methods study was to investigate the relationships between the racial identity, science identity, science self-efficacy beliefs, and science achievement of 347 African American college students who attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The quantitative data identified several statistically significant relationships between science identity, racial identity, science self-efficacy, and science achievement. The results of a path analysis suggested that college science achievement is significantly explained by science identity (indirect effect = 0.09, p
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