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Kupchik, Aaron; Highberger, James; Bear, George – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
Prior research demonstrates the importance of school climate in shaping student behavior but tells us less about which aspects of school climate matter. In this paper we consider how distinct elements of school climate relate to skipping school and cheating on tests. Using survey and administrative data from several statewide Delaware sources, we…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Attendance, Truancy, Cheating
Katrina Lemon; Nigel Calder – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2022
In New Zealand, limited research has been conducted in alternative-education learning environments and yet some of our most vulnerable students are referred to them by their secondary schools. Since 2000, alternative education has been available for students identified as being behaviourally challenging or are habitual truants. This paper reports…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Indigenous Populations, Culturally Relevant Education, Pacific Islanders
Aelterman, Nathalie; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Haerens, Leen – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Background: It is generally accepted that well-established classroom rules prevent problem behaviour, while also supporting students' achievement gains. Yet, there might be considerable variability in students' underlying motives to comply or refrain from complying with classroom rules, with some students adhering to them because they fully accept…
Descriptors: Correlation, Behavior Problems, Cheating, Truancy
Lerang, Maren Stahl; Ertesvåg, Sigrun K.; Havik, Trude – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2019
This study aimed to investigate students' perceptions of classroom interaction and goal orientation in association with academic achievement, school non-attendance, and disobedience among students in lower-secondary schools. The sample contained 1975 students from grades 8-10 (age 14-16) in 11 Norwegian lower-secondary schools. The results…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes
Vernon, D. Sue; Schumaker, Jean B. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2022
This study reports the effects of an interactive multimedia computer program for teaching social skills to youths with social-adjustment problems. Twelve youths (aged 11-17) were referred by the county diversion program or school guidance counselors. Seven were formally classified as having disabilities and had active Individualized Education…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, At Risk Students, Computer Software, Multimedia Instruction
Lewis, Viola Roberts – ProQuest LLC, 2016
With the student dropout rate being on the rise, it is imperative that corrective measures be taken to encourage graduation among high school seniors This is a major concern in education today, because truancy and dropping out of school by students when they turn the legal drop out age of seventeen have caused the decline in graduations across the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Nontraditional Students, Workplace Learning, High School Students
Udoh, Nsisong A.; Joseph, Eme U. – World Journal of Education, 2012
The study sought the opinions of Faculty of Education Students of University of Uyo on the behavioural problems of juvenile street hawkers in Uyo metropolis. Five research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. This cross-sectional survey employed multi-stage random sampling technique in selecting 200 regular undergraduate students in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems, Delinquency, Undergraduate Students
Brandy R. Maynard; Christopher P. Salas-Wright; Michael G. Vaughn; Kristen E. Peters – Grantee Submission, 2012
The present study explored the heterogeneity of truant youth to provide a more nuanced examination of the nature of adolescent truancy and examine distinct profiles of truant youth as they relate to externalizing behaviors. Latent profile analysis was employed to examine the heterogeneity of truant youth by using a nationally representative sample…
Descriptors: Profiles, Student Attitudes, Drug Use, Group Membership
Brandy R. Maynard; Christopher P. Salas-Wright; Michael G. Vaughn; Kristen E. Peters – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
The present study explored the heterogeneity of truant youth to provide a more nuanced examination of the nature of adolescent truancy and examine distinct profiles of truant youth as they relate to externalizing behaviors. Latent profile analysis was employed to examine the heterogeneity of truant youth by using a nationally representative sample…
Descriptors: Profiles, Student Attitudes, Drug Use, Group Membership
Monobe, Ratau John; Baloyi, Khangela – Online Submission, 2012
With the emergence of the Democratic South Africa, a number of disciplinary problems emerged. One of these problems is truancy of school children from schools. The South African Schools Act (1996, p. 6) provides that if a learner who is subject to "compulsory attendance" fails to attend a school, the HODS (heads of departments) may take…
Descriptors: Youth Problems, Truancy, Technical Institutes, Delinquency
Heeyoung Kim – ProQuest LLC, 2008
The major focus of this study was to examine how children's perceptions of attachment security and children's emotion regulation predict school disengagement among elementary school truants. This study utilized an exploratory, cross-sectional survey design. Data collection was accomplished with four standardized survey instruments, completed by 74…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Truancy, Student Attitudes, Attachment Behavior

Zieman, Gayle L.; Benson, Gerald P. – Behavioral Disorders, 1981
Perceptions toward school of 15 behavior problem truant girls were examined and compared to those of 15 nontruant girls and 15 truant boys (all junior high). Consistently, the truant girls showed less negative perceptions and less asocial behavior than the boys. The girls were more variable in behavior and attitudes. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Females, Junior High Schools
Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2004
Teachers in too many schools are confronted with too many students who have become disengaged from classroom learning. Re-engagement in classroom learning is the key to maintaining positive behavior. This issue of the quarterly newsletter of the Center for Mental Health in Schools includes the following features and regular segments: (1) Beyond…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Student Motivation, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems

Baker, Alecia – Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, 1996
Claims that Major Disciplinary Violations (MDVs) are incurred when students are truant, involved in fighting, insubordinate to faculty, or in possession of drugs. Presents data on students who received MDVs in a junior high school. Interviewed 17 students who had violated school discipline to gain insight into their behavior and needs. Recommends…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Identification, Intermediate Grades
Stacy, Richard A. – 1986
Students in the Newport News (Virginia) high schools who are absent from classes frequently without excuses or who are consistently disruptive are transferred from the regular program to an afterschool program that meets at a different site. These transfers are effective for at least 2 months and students may only be rotated back at the end of a…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Behavior Problems, Discipline Policy, High School Students
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