Variables that May Affect COC Attendance over a Three Year High School Career (1990-1993). Evaluation Report 1992-1993.

Autor/inn/en	Claus, Richard N.; und weitere
Institution	Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services.
Titel	Variables that May Affect COC Attendance over a Three Year High School Career (1990-1993). Evaluation Report 1992-1993.
Quelle	(1993), (94 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Academic Achievement; Attendance Patterns; Attendance Records; Course Selection (Students); Decision Making; Elective Courses; Enrollment Influences; Grade Point Average; Grade 10; High School Students; High Schools; Required Courses; Student Educational Objectives; Student Interests; Success; Vocational Education; Vocational Schools; Vocational Training Centers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Elective course; Wahlkurs; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Pflichtkurs; Studieninteresse; Erfolg; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Vocational school; Berufsbildende Schule; Berufsschule; Fachschule; Vocational training center; Vocational training centre; Vocational training centres; Ausbildungseinrichtung; Berufsaufbauschule
Abstract	A study focused on 10th-grade students for the 1990-91 school year at Arthur Hill and Saginaw High Schools, Michigan, to examine system-related problems in course selection/scheduling that may decrease student enrollments at the Averill Career Opportunities Center (COC). A random sample consisted of 316 of 472 regular education students at the 2 schools. Three major research questions guided the study: whether course passage history affected decisions to attend COC; whether students with a 2.51 or greater grade point average (GPA) enrolled in COC more often than students with lower GPAs; and whether students with better average hourly attendance enrolled in COC more often. Results of chi-square statistical test analyses indicated deterrents to enrollment at COC were passage of the language arts requirement, success at or above a certain level, full load schedules, and 2.51 or higher GPA. The tendency to attend COC was not the same for the major racial/ethnic groupings or both genders. Students with a lower than average hourly attendance record enrolled in COC more often. Recommendations were a limitation on the amount of competing electives, consistency between high schools in titling courses, effective high school attendance policies, alternatives to meet requirements, and consistent recordkeeping. (The 18-page report is followed by these appendixes: 17 references and 62 data tables that present chi-square statistical test results.) (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01