scholarly journals Should Students with AP Credit Repeat Coursework in College? A Multilevel Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-17
Author(s):  
Sheila F. Hurt ◽  
Yukiko Maeda
Keyword(s):  
Advanced Placement ◽  
Multilevel Modeling ◽  
Multilevel Analysis ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
College Courses ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Prerequisite Courses ◽  
Advanced Coursework

Research on the Advanced Placement (AP) program generally shows that students scoring 4s and 5s on AP exams outperform their non-AP peers in subsequent college courses. However, faculty and academic advisors often suggest that students with AP credit should repeat prerequisite courses in college before attempting advanced coursework. We compared grades of 20,409 students in 42 subsequent courses across three groups: students who used AP credit as a prerequisite, students who earned AP credit but repeated the prerequisite courses in college, and students without AP credit. Results with two-level cross-sectional multilevel modeling showed that AP students performed similarly in subsequent courses whether they chose to repeat prerequisites or not; both groups outperformed non-AP students with similar academic backgrounds.

scholarly journals Multilevel analysis of self-perception in oral health and associated factors in Southern Brazilian adults: a cross-sectional study

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilisa Carneiro Leão Gabardo ◽  
Samuel Jorge Moysés ◽  
Simone Tetu Moysés ◽  
Marcia Olandoski ◽  
Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Multilevel Analysis ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Contextual Variables ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Census Tracts

The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between individual and contextual variables related to self-perception in oral health among residents in the municipality of São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. The cross-sectional design involved 1,100 adults in 38 census tracts. The self-perception was evaluated using the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) tool. A logistic multilevel analysis was performed. The multivariate analysis revealed that those who are of the female gender, older, with lower scores of quality of life and less social support, with poor healthy eating habits, smokers and those living in low-income census tracts presented higher odds of reporting worse oral health self-perception (OHIP-1). We concluded that individual and contextual variables are associated with oral health self-perception. This is essential information for planning health services wishing to meet the health needs of the population.

MATHEMATICALLY ABLE GIRLS: A Special Challenge

1981 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 22-23
Author(s):  
Lynn Fox
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Advanced Placement ◽  
College Courses ◽  
School Program ◽  
College Credits ◽  
Career Plans ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Special Challenge ◽  
Time Basis ◽  
Mathematically Talented

Susan and Ted were identified as mathematically talented when they were in the seventh grade. Ted began to accelerate his educational progress and completed a four-year high school program in three years. At age seventeen he entered a university with sophomore standing. He had acquired a year's worth of college credits by taking the Advanced Placement program's examinations in several subjects and college courses on a part-time basis while in high school. He is planning a career in electrical engineering. Susan, on the other hand, did not accelerate her progress in school and did not elect a physics or calculus course in her junior or senior years of high school. Her career plans are vague and she is not excited about going to college.

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