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Showing 1 to 20 of 288 for “"Dropouts"”.
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High school dropouts in Boston
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1988.
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School Attendance of High School Dropouts
… elementary attendance records of 42 high school dropouts. All of these students attended school in the Fulton City School District. The study began by looking at grade levels. For each grade level, the percentage of each day of the week missed was calculated. The purpose of this was to determine …
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Detecting Student Dropouts Using Fuzzy Inferencing
… System (FIS) for identifying likely student dropouts at Columbus State University (CSU). The fuzzy inference based model uses a hybrid knowledge extraction process to predict how likely each freshman student will be to drop their program of study at the end of their first semester. This …
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The Multidimensionality of Schoolgirl Dropouts in Rural Bangladesh
… thesis outlines the underlying causes for girl dropouts in the secondary school system of rural Bangladesh and assesses the barriers that affect adolescent girls and their families. The complex dynamics of the historical context within the patriarchal-dominant structure of society creates a …
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“Dropouts” Drop In: Re-Visualizing the “Dropout” Stereotype
<p><em>“Dropouts” Drop In</em> aims to challenge conventional views of both “dropping out” and “dropouts.” When young people “drop out” of high school, they open themselves up to a world of negative assumptions and blame, which are directed at them from the outside and are also deeply internalized. …
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Comparative Study of Dropouts in the Yakima High Schools
… this study (1) to find and to compare causes for dropouts from the non-high district students with those from the in-residence students; (2) to compare non-high district students and in-residence students as to age, days of attendance and absence, grade point average, intelligence, grade, dropout …
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Portraits of high school dropouts: lessons for school administrators
High school dropouts lose economically and personally as a result of not completing high school. Lost income in thousands of dollars each year and the human cost of not fulfilling their educational and personal potential exemplify the cost to dropouts and society. Many programs are designed and …
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Predictors of Dropouts of Domestic Violence Focused Couples Treatment
… study was to examine differences between dropouts and completers in a domestic violence focused couples treatment (DVFCT) program. Fifty-eight men met the criteria of participating in at least one couples session for domestic violence. Data was analyzed with t-test and chi-squares. The …
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The Impact of Accountability on School Dropouts: The Students' Voices
The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that influenced students of one suburban Louisiana school district to leave school prior to obtaining a diploma. Qualitative methods were used to investigate the reasons that students gave for what influenced them in making their decision to …
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Dropouts and the experience of invalidation in the high school
… and a sense of relevance and meaning to life. Dropouts were seen to have frustrated needs in finding significance in their school lives in interpersonal and academic areas. Implications for improving high schools, counselling and future research are outlined.
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Spatial interpretation and statistical modeling of Boston high school dropouts
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1991.
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Dropouts from community colleges: path analysis of a national sample
The nighttime losses from an integral collector storage (ICS) system were investigated. The significance of the sky temperature, wind speed, and ambient temperature on the losses were examined. Outdoor data was taken on several nights to characterize the thermal performance of an ICS system under …
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Dropouts from community colleges: path analysis of a national sample
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which Tinto's model of the dropout process applied to a national sample of community college students. Strict definitions of persistence were used in applying a Tinto-based model to both 2- and 4-year student samples from the High School and …
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Dropouts and stopouts--how one community college has served them
A survey of a systematically selected sample of former community college students who had.withdrawn prior to obtaining a degree showed that 86 percent were satisfied with the programs and services of the community college, 46 percent had completed their objectives before withdrawing, 44 percent had …
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Early Identification of Potential Dropouts in the Saydel Consolidated School System
The problem: Because of the high percentage of dropouts in the Saydel Consolidated School District this study was undertaken to determine what factors were involved in the decision of the dropout. The study involved individuals who had terminated their education during the past three school years …
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A Follow Up Study of Dropouts From East Valley High School
The purpose of this study is to survey former students of East Valley High School (formerly Moxee Consolidated High School) who terminated their education prior to graduation during the school years 1956-1957 to 1959-1960 inclusive in order to determine the reasons for their withdrawal. It is hoped …
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