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Accepted: 17 July 2023

First Online: 26 August 2023

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: <b>and Competing Interests</b>.

: The authors have no competing interests. The authors also certify that they have no affiliations with or involving any organizations or institutions that have financial interest in the subject matter of the study, nor the results. The authors also have no fiscal or proprietary interest in the material discussed in this study.

: <b>Declaration of Ethics</b>.

: This study was approved by the University of Georgia Institutional Review Board and was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.

: The first author led the project by conceptualizing the research question, assisting in collecting and analyzing the data, and writing the manuscript. The second author assisted in all areas, particularly with the literature review and writing of the manuscript. The third author assisted in all areas, with major involvement in conducting data collection and analysis. The fourth author assisted in the writing of the theory and overall manuscript.

: Georgia Department of Education () and Georgia Code § 20-2-149.2.

: Specific coursework may be designated to fulfill certain subject area requirements (e.g., Biology must be taken for the Science requirement, etc.). Coursework taken through dual enrollment may be used to complete some subject requirements but not all.