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School Factors That Promote Academic Resilience In Urban Latino High School Students, Christine Michelle Fallon
School Factors That Promote Academic Resilience In Urban Latino High School Students, Christine Michelle Fallon
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The purpose of this ex post facto quantitative study was to examine the relationship between the academic optimism of schools and academic resilience in urban Latino high school students attending those schools. This study sought to address three research ideas. First, it was hypothesized that, consistent with previous research, student achievement is related to the level of academic optimism of schools. A second purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between academic achievement with academic resilience for students with multiple risk factors, specifically, Latino students from low SES backgrounds attending an urban high school. Thirdly, it was hypothesized …