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How ninth-grade AP world history impacts a school : rigor and the culture of confidence, 2019

 Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Smi
Identifier: b7929345

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of dissertations written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate Educational Leadership program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Doctor of Education degree.


During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were received from consenting student authors), the Monmouth University Library, together with the University's Graduate School and School of Education, began providing open access to select full-text digital versions of current theses and dissertations through links to the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global website in the Library's Online Public Access Catalog. Links to these open access digital publications can also be found in the "External Documents" section under any conforming titles that are listed among the holdings itemized in the collection inventory for this finding aid.


Dates

  • Creation: 2019

Creator

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Extent

1 Items (print book) : 202 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Schools are under tremendous pressure to close achievement gaps and increase students' college and career readiness. Research has shown that students' interactions with rigorouus curriculum and instructional practices positively impact their postsecondary outcomes (e.g. Adelman, 2006; Oakes and Saunders, 2007). With an established standard of rigor already existing in many high schools in the form of Advanced Placement courses, a majority of high schools could increase the rigor of their schools by introducing more students to Advanced Placement. One way to accomplish this goal is to offer AP to students earlier than 11th or 12th grades. This study cites emerging research that identifies ninth grade as a critical moment for exposing students to elevated rigor and investigates the impact of offering AP World History to ninth-grade students. It contains a qualitative analysis of nine educators' experiences working in various capacities within AP World History programs that included ninth-grade students. The educators' responses to questions about their perceptions of the AP World History program in their schools were recorded and transcribed, then analyzed using a grounded theory approach. The analysis of their interviews produced four catagories--Competitive Advantage, Organization, Instruction and Practice, and Dispositions. Those catagories reveal the broad-reaching impact of Advanced Placement World History courses for ninth-grade students on schools, students, and educators. This study finds that a culture of confidence is a common characteristic of schools that offer AP World History to ninth graders. It concludes that offering rigor at the level of AP World History, to ninth-grade students, produces significant changes in schools, students, and educators and leads to the development of a culture of confidence.

Partial Contents

List of tables -- 1. Introduction to the study -- 2. Review of the literature -- 3. Research design and methodology -- 4. Results -- 5. Discussion -- References -- Appendices.

Repository Details

Part of the Monmouth University Library Archives Repository

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