PREDICTORS OF ACHIEVEMENT IN AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS AT RISK FOR ACADEMIC FAILURE: THE ROLES OF ACHIEVEMENT VALUES AND BEHAVIORAL ENGAGEMENT

abstract

• The achievement gap between African American and European American youth is a pervasive problem in the United States. This study explored how achievement values and behavioral engagement affect the academic attainment of an academically at-risk sample of 167 African American youth in late elementary school. Results indicate that achievement values do not have a significant influence on engagement or achievement in late elementary school. However, behavioral engagement significantly influenced math achievement from Grades 4 to 5. The implications of these findings are discussed. 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

authors

• Blake, Jamilia

published proceedings

• PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS

author list (cited authors)

• Darensbourg, A. M., & Blake, J. J.

citation count

• 17

complete list of authors

• Darensbourg, Alicia M||Blake, Jamilia J

publication date

• December 2013

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Psychology in the Schools  Journal

keywords

• 39 Education
• 3901 Curriculum And Pedagogy
• 52 Psychology
• 5201 Applied And Developmental Psychology
• Basic Behavioral And Social Science
• Behavioral And Social Science
• Pediatric

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/pits.21730

start page

• 1044

end page

• 1059

volume

• 50

issue

• 10

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pits.21730