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Examining The Relationship Between Rural African-American Adolescents’ Self-Perception And Their Academic Performance, Vincent Dewayne Tompkins
Examining The Relationship Between Rural African-American Adolescents’ Self-Perception And Their Academic Performance, Vincent Dewayne Tompkins
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Poverty, crime, and the need for public assistance are associated with dropping out of high school in the United States. African American adolescents have a higher dropout rate than their White peers, especially in the rural south. Moreover, racial discrimination toward African American adolescents is more prevalent in the rural south compared with the urban areas of United States. Academic self-perception and experienced racial discrimination are probable factors that influence African American adolescents to leave school before they graduate. This study was conducted to determine a relationship between the combination of rural African American adolescent’s academic self-perception as measured by …