The Impact of Personal Student Characteristics on Mathematics Achievement for Nontraditional Students in an Online Charter High School

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between student at-risk factors and mathematics achievement combining more adaptive personal student characteristics with risk factors in an online virtual-based learning environment. Further, this study examined how personal student charact...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nathan Hawk, Kui Xie, Azita Manouchehri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aggie STEM 2025-03-01
Series:Journal of Urban Mathematics Education
Subjects:
Online Access:https://jume-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/jume/article/view/531
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849393880254906368
author Nathan Hawk
Kui Xie
Azita Manouchehri
author_facet Nathan Hawk
Kui Xie
Azita Manouchehri
author_sort Nathan Hawk
collection DOAJ
description The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between student at-risk factors and mathematics achievement combining more adaptive personal student characteristics with risk factors in an online virtual-based learning environment. Further, this study examined how personal student characteristics, which are often amenable to change and intervention, both directlty predict and then moderate the relationship between risk and Algebra 1 achievement, controlling for student age and gender. Sixty-three Algebra 1 students in one were surveyed about perceptions of their self-efficacy and study management. Using multiple linear regression, results show that students’ domain-specific self-efficacy in mathematics contributed most to course grade among the hypothesized moderators while other hypothesized personal student characteristics (technology efficacy for online learning and time management) had negligible effects on course grade while controlling for other variables. Finally, results show that when students have more adaptive self-efficacy, specifically in mathematics, impacts of family-based academic risk factors on achievement are lessened or positively strengthened. Virtual school teachers and administrators should consider ways to strengthen students’ self-efficacy and build programs to teach students about important study habits, such as time management.  
format Article
id doaj-art-7cbf64155c2e42fbb9583e55f30bbaa4
institution Kabale University
issn 2151-2612
language English
publishDate 2025-03-01
publisher Aggie STEM
record_format Article
series Journal of Urban Mathematics Education
spelling doaj-art-7cbf64155c2e42fbb9583e55f30bbaa42025-08-20T03:40:15ZengAggie STEMJournal of Urban Mathematics Education2151-26122025-03-0117210.21423/jume-v17i2a531The Impact of Personal Student Characteristics on Mathematics Achievement for Nontraditional Students in an Online Charter High SchoolNathan Hawk0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2656-5232Kui XieAzita ManouchehriTexas A&M University The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between student at-risk factors and mathematics achievement combining more adaptive personal student characteristics with risk factors in an online virtual-based learning environment. Further, this study examined how personal student characteristics, which are often amenable to change and intervention, both directlty predict and then moderate the relationship between risk and Algebra 1 achievement, controlling for student age and gender. Sixty-three Algebra 1 students in one were surveyed about perceptions of their self-efficacy and study management. Using multiple linear regression, results show that students’ domain-specific self-efficacy in mathematics contributed most to course grade among the hypothesized moderators while other hypothesized personal student characteristics (technology efficacy for online learning and time management) had negligible effects on course grade while controlling for other variables. Finally, results show that when students have more adaptive self-efficacy, specifically in mathematics, impacts of family-based academic risk factors on achievement are lessened or positively strengthened. Virtual school teachers and administrators should consider ways to strengthen students’ self-efficacy and build programs to teach students about important study habits, such as time management.   https://jume-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/jume/article/view/531algebraat risk factorsonline learningpostsecondary mathematicsself efficacy
spellingShingle Nathan Hawk
Kui Xie
Azita Manouchehri
The Impact of Personal Student Characteristics on Mathematics Achievement for Nontraditional Students in an Online Charter High School
Journal of Urban Mathematics Education
algebra
at risk factors
online learning
postsecondary mathematics
self efficacy
title The Impact of Personal Student Characteristics on Mathematics Achievement for Nontraditional Students in an Online Charter High School
title_full The Impact of Personal Student Characteristics on Mathematics Achievement for Nontraditional Students in an Online Charter High School
title_fullStr The Impact of Personal Student Characteristics on Mathematics Achievement for Nontraditional Students in an Online Charter High School
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Personal Student Characteristics on Mathematics Achievement for Nontraditional Students in an Online Charter High School
title_short The Impact of Personal Student Characteristics on Mathematics Achievement for Nontraditional Students in an Online Charter High School
title_sort impact of personal student characteristics on mathematics achievement for nontraditional students in an online charter high school
topic algebra
at risk factors
online learning
postsecondary mathematics
self efficacy
url https://jume-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/jume/article/view/531
work_keys_str_mv AT nathanhawk theimpactofpersonalstudentcharacteristicsonmathematicsachievementfornontraditionalstudentsinanonlinecharterhighschool
AT kuixie theimpactofpersonalstudentcharacteristicsonmathematicsachievementfornontraditionalstudentsinanonlinecharterhighschool
AT azitamanouchehri theimpactofpersonalstudentcharacteristicsonmathematicsachievementfornontraditionalstudentsinanonlinecharterhighschool
AT nathanhawk impactofpersonalstudentcharacteristicsonmathematicsachievementfornontraditionalstudentsinanonlinecharterhighschool
AT kuixie impactofpersonalstudentcharacteristicsonmathematicsachievementfornontraditionalstudentsinanonlinecharterhighschool
AT azitamanouchehri impactofpersonalstudentcharacteristicsonmathematicsachievementfornontraditionalstudentsinanonlinecharterhighschool