The relationship between verve and the academic achievement of African American and European American middle school students

摘要

The purpose of this study was to examine if verve had any impact on theacademic achievement of African American middle school students. The three guidingquestions of this research were:1. Is there a significant difference in the verve levels between AfricanAmerican and European American students?2. Is there a significant difference in verve levels of African American maleand African American female students in middle school?3. Is there a significant difference in the academic achievement of AfricanAmerican and European American students who possess high and lowverve in the areas of reading and math?A 24-item questionnaire was administered to 211 middle school students todetermine if any verve levels were present, and if so, to what degree did the vervelevels impact academic performance? The findings were:1. The verve levels were different between the African American and theEuropean American students. The African American students in this studypossessed higher amounts of verve.2. The verve levels were different between the African American males andthe African American females. The African American females in this studyhad higher amounts of verve than the African American males.3. There was no relationship between the higher verve levels among theAfrican American and European American students and their academicachievement in reading and math.