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The Impact Of Academic Optimism On Student Achievement In Five Middle Schools, Rita Hickey Teague
The Impact Of Academic Optimism On Student Achievement In Five Middle Schools, Rita Hickey Teague
Wayne State University Dissertations
This study addressed the research question: To what extent do the measures of academic optimism predict academic achievement? The study was conducted in two suburban, adjacent school districts with 102 middle school teachers from five middle schools participating.
A non-experimental, multiple regression research design was used as no treatment or intervention was provided. Data collection tools were a revision of three surveys that purport to measure the three components of academic optimism, and school level outcomes from the Michigan Education Assessment Program and the Measures of Academic Progress. Using Google Forms, data were collected electronically at faculty meetings with submission …