Relations Among Student and Teacher Perceptions of Behavior

In recent years, many institutions of higher education have been concerned with identifying promising Black high school graduates who have educational deficiencies and providing them with opportunities for acquiring a college education. Many of these students come from social, cultural, and educational backgrounds that poorly prepare them for the demands of a college program. Many times, the Black student carries into the academic situation internal barriers in the form of psychological reactions from past experiences that can be as much a handicap to achievement as the old forms of social and legal discrimination. There is a need for the Black student to become more conscious of these reactions and attempt to cope with them. The remedial programs designed for minority students that are operating in many institutions of higher education have aimed directly at improving the students' academic skills. These programs have not, in most instances, focused attention on the attitudes and behaviors that lie behind the minority students' poor academic performance. Black students express a strong desire to attend college more often than their peers.' Also, they perceive themselves as having adequate abilities necessary for completing a college education. However, there have been discrepancies between Black students' self-perceptions and levels of aspirations, and achievements. Blake2

Developmental psychology · Mathematics education · Perception · Higher Education Research Studies · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology

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