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Closing the Social-Class Achievement Gap : Methods
- 147 participants completed the full study, 66 of which were first generation and 81 of which were continuing generation. The majority of first-generation students were also low income while a minority of continuing-generation students were low income. Participants race and ethnicity was not significantly different.
- To evaluate the effectiveness of the difference-education intervention, they compared it with a control condition which was similar to bridge programs which are currently used by several colleges and universities.
- The main difference between the intervention and control group was that the intervention group learned content that was background specific.
- After the intervention, participants did a survey and made a video testimonial.
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Updated 2020-11-29
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