Uncovering Dyslexics' Hidden Academic Potential

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feroz De Costa
Keyword(s):  
Academic Potential

Do Well-off Families Compensate for Low Cognitive Ability? Evidence on Social Inequality in Early Schooling from a Twin Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos J. Gil-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Educational Inequality ◽  
Educational Transitions ◽  
Downward Mobility ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Academic Track ◽  
Early Schooling ◽  
Academic Potential

This article bridges the literature on educational inequality between and within families to test whether high–socioeconomic status (SES) families compensate for low cognitive ability in the transition to secondary education in Germany. The German educational system of early-ability tracking (at age 10) represents a stringent setting for the compensatory hypothesis. Overall, previous literature offers inconclusive findings. Previous research between families suffers from the misspecification of parental SES and ability, while most within-family research did not stratify the analysis by SES or the ability distribution. To address these issues, I draw from the TwinLife study to implement a twin fixed-effects design that minimizes unobserved confounding. I report two main findings. First, highly educated families do not compensate for twins’ differences in cognitive ability at the bottom of the ability distribution. In the German system of early-ability tracking, advantaged families may have more difficulties to compensate than in countries where educational transitions are less dependent on ability. Second, holding parents’ and children’s cognitive ability constant, pupils from highly educated families are 27% more likely to attend the academic track. This result implies wastage of academic potential for disadvantaged families, challenging the role of cognitive ability as the leading criterion of merit for liberal theories of equal opportunity. These findings point to the importance of other factors that vary between families with different resources and explain educational success, such as noncognitive abilities, risk aversion to downward mobility, and teachers’ bias.

scholarly journals Supervisor ratings of students' academic potential as predictors of citizenship and counterproductive behavior

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 62-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inge T.L. Schwager ◽  
Ute R. Hülsheger ◽  
Jonas W.B. Lang ◽  
David M. Klieger ◽  
Brent Bridgeman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supervisor Ratings ◽  
Counterproductive Behavior ◽  
Academic Potential

How Teachers and Schools Contribute to Racial Differences in the Realization of Academic Potential

2012 ◽  
Vol 114 (7) ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Wildhagen
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
Hierarchical Linear Modeling ◽  
White Students ◽  
African American Students ◽  
School Level ◽  
Racial Gap ◽  
American Students ◽  
Academic Potential

Background/Context The fulfillment of academic potential is an underdeveloped area of inquiry as it relates to explaining racial differences in academic outcomes. Examining this issue is important for addressing not only differences in the typical outcomes for African American and White students but also the severe underrepresentation of African American students among the highest achieving students. Whereas other studies have operationalized lost academic potential as unfulfilled expectations for educational attainment, this study takes a different approach, measuring whether students earn higher or lower grades than the grades predicted by earlier tests of academic skills. Students whose grades are equal to or exceed those predicted by their earlier test scores are said to have fulfilled their academic potential, whereas those whose grades are lower than predicted have not realized their potential. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study This study finds that African American high school students are less likely than their White peers to realize their academic potential. The analyses test several explanations for the racial gap in the realization of academic potential, focusing on the students themselves, their teachers, and their schools. Research Design This study uses hierarchical linear modeling to analyze data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002. Conclusions/Recommendations The results suggest that teachers perceive African American students as exerting less classroom effort than White students, which accounts for a substantial proportion of the racial gap in unrealized academic potential, even with several student characteristics held constant. At the school level, there are larger racial gaps in unrealized academic potential in segregated schools and schools with strict disciplinary climates. Strikingly, the negative effect of strict disciplinary climate exists net of students’ own receipt of disciplinary actions. That is, the negative association between strict disciplinary climate and the realization of academic potential for African American students applies to African American students regardless of whether they themselves have been in trouble at school. This study reveals that characteristics of schools that lack immediately obvious racial implications, such as a school's approach to student discipline, may be just as harmful as overtly racialized inequality within and between schools.

scholarly journals Developing instrument of academic potential test analogy verbal ability for undergraduate students

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-241
Author(s):  
Efi Septianingsih ◽  
Mohammad Adam Jerusalem
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Verbal Ability ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Test Reliability ◽  
Bartlett’S Test ◽  
Verbal Analogies ◽  
Academic Potential ◽  
Potential Test

The paper aims to develop the instrument about analogy test to measure the level of intelligence of undergraduate students. Determination of the number of samples is done by purposive sampling technique. This instrument is analyzed by factor analysis. Of the 15 items that will be used to develop the academic potential test instrument for verbal analogies, 4 analysis factors. The formation of these 4 factors is from Eigenvalues greater than 1 so that there are only 4 factors that fulfill the requirements. Furthermore, 15 items of the tested instrument to 91 undergraduate student respondents obtained 2 items of invalid instrument with correlation coefficient ≤0.3, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) and Bartlett's test amounted to 0.785 with p 0.05. Trial results from the results of the trial results obtained that the average validity of the questions is 96.8%. Test reliability was analyzed using the Alpha (α) formula of Cronbach. The calculation is done using the help of the IBM SPSS version 22.0 Windows program and the coefficient of 0.806 is obtained. Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that the quality of the developed instrument items has been valid and reliable.

scholarly journals Educação, escola, criatividade e tecnologia: contributos para a conceitualização de um modelo pedagógico do século XXI

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (25) ◽  
pp. 188
Author(s):  
Max Günther Haetinger ◽  
Rui Trindade
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Cooperative Organization ◽  
Academic Potential ◽  
21St Century Schools ◽  
Modelo Pedagógico

RESUMO A criatividade, como eixo pedagógico transversal dos projetos de intervenção educativa, que têm lugar nas escolas, é o objeto de reflexão deste artigo. Ele apresenta os resultados de um projeto de pesquisa que foi desenvolvido em quatro salas de aula, frequentadas por crianças do 4º ano de escolaridade, em Portugal, numa das áreas curriculares dos planos de estudos em vigor neste país, a área de Estudo do Meio. Trata--se de um trabalho onde se pretende discutir os desafios e exigências das escolas do século XXI, o que explica a articulação que se estabelece entre criatividade e Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC), cujas potencialidades educativas o referido projeto de pesquisa acaba por comprovar. Comprova-se também que a organização cooperativa dos ambientes de aprendizagem constitui um fator indissociável da construção de ambientes educativos onde a criatividade é entendida como um objetivo e uma referência curricular e pedagógica nucleares.   Palavras-chave: Criatividade. TIC. Ambientes cooperativos de aprendizagem.   ABSTRACT Creativity, as a transversal pedagogical axis of educational intervention projects that take place in schools, is the focus of the following paper. It presents the results of a research project that was developed in four 4th grade children groups in Portugal, in one of the areas of Study of the Environment. This is a study where the challenges and demands of 21st century schools are discussed, which explains the articulation between Creativity and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), whose academic potential the research project can prove. In addition, it proves that the cooperative organization of learning environments is an inseparable factor in the construction of educational environments where creativity is understood as a goal and a curricular and pedagogical reference. Keywords: Creativity. ICT.  Learning cooperative environments.

scholarly journals Makna Keberagamaan Mahasiswa Penerima Beasiswa STAIN Kudus

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 326
Author(s):  
Efa Ida Amaliyah
Keyword(s):  
Field Research ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Academic Abilities ◽  
Spiritual Potential ◽  
Academic Potential

AbstractThis study reveals two things, firstly the significance of religiosity and the secondly, the form of religiosity according to Bidikmisi STAIN Kudus students. This research was conducted on STAIN Kudus students who received Bidikmisi scholarships, using a sociology approach. Bidikmisi students are students who have specialties in two fields, namely academic potential and Spiritual potential. In Academic potential, they have to compete with thousands of students, be preferred from the middle to lower classes. This is supported by good and satisfying academic abilities through tests conducted by the Ministry of Religion through STAIN Kudus. Spiritual potential, bidikmisi students get the opportunity to "appreciate" the STAIN Kudus mosque through religious activities. This activity affects their religiosity because it has a religious nuance. These activities include barzanji, ngaji kitab, maulid diba'an, yasinan and tahlil, qira’ah, and memorization of juz ‘amma. AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap dua hal yang berkenaan tentang makna keberagamaan mahasiswa bidikmisi STAIN Kudus Tahun Anggaran 2014 dan bentuk keberagamaan tersebut. Jenis penelitian ini adalah field research, yaitu penelitian yang dilakukan di lapangan atau medan terjadinya gejala-gejala dengan menggunakan dua pendekatan, yaitu pendekatan etik emik. Dalam pendekatan emik, mahasiswa memberikan makna sesuai apa yang dirasa, dilihat, dibayangkan dan difikirkan tentang keberagamaan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa keberagamaan mahasiswa bidikmisi mempunyai makna yang berbeda sesuai dengan pengalaman dan lingkungan sosial budaya di lingkungan mereka. Mahasiswa bidikmisi merupakan mahasiswa yang mempunyai keistimewaan dalam dua bidang, yaitu bidang akademik dan bidang keagamaan. Potensi akademik bersaing dengan ribuan mahasiswa untuk mendapatkan predikat mahasiswa berprestasi. Mahasiswa tersebut merupakan mahasiswa yang secara ekonomi dari kalangan menengah ke bawah, sehingga mereka berjuang untuk mendapatkan predikat sebagai mahasiswa. Hal ini didukung oleh kemampuan akademik yang bagus dan memuaskan melalui tes yang diselenggarakan oleh Kemenag Pusat melalui STAIN Kudus. Potensi rohaniah, mahasiswa bidikmisi mendapatkan kesempatan untuk “memakmurkan” Masjid STAIN Kudus melalui kegiatan keagamaan. Memakmurkan masjid inilah yang mempengaruhi keberagamaan mahasiswa bidikmisi. Kegiatan ini yang mempengaruhi peningkatan keberagamaan mereka karena bernuansa agamis. Kegiatan tersebut antara lain barzanji, ngaji kitab, maulid diba’an, yasinan dan tahlil, qira’ah, dan hafalan juz ‘amma.

Academic Potential Beliefs and Feelings Questionnaire

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika A. Patall ◽  
Germine H. Awad ◽  
Christina M. Cestone
Keyword(s):  
Academic Potential

Can College Academic Performance Be Predicted Using a Measure of Cognitive Style?

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Griffin ◽  
Godfrey Franklin
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Field Independent ◽  
Test Number ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Academic Potential ◽  
Correct Criterion

One hundred and forty-three subjects were identified as Field Independent or Field Dependent based on their performance on the Group Embedded Figures Test, a measure of cognitive style. Results indicated that Field Independent students performed significantly better on course tests and had higher academic potential as measured by the ACT, than Field Dependent students. A regression analysis was conducted to determine which measures would contribute variance to a course test (number correct) criterion. Although both the GEFT and the ACT were significantly related to course test performance, only the ACT contributed significant variance to the regression, F(1,141) = 12.99, r=.29, p <.01. A Principal Components Factor Analysis applied to the GEFT, ACT, and course test data identified two factors. The course tests were associated with factor 1 while the GEFT and ACT were more closely associated with factor 2. The regression and factor analysis results suggest that the ACT and GEFT tests are measuring similar or related constructs for this sample of subjects.

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