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Peer reviewedThayer, Robert E. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1973
In the present study the effects on subsequent grades of low, average, and high first exam grades were investigated for 192 students in a traditional grading system and fifty-four students in a pass-fail grading system. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Dropout Attitudes, Grading
Peer reviewedKaplan, Diane S.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1994
Using data from 4,141 students tested in grade 7 and again as young adults, a theoretically informed model is proposed which specifies the effects of failing to finish high school on the latent construct "psychological functioning" in young adulthood. Results suggest that dropping out has a significantly negative effect on psychological…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alienation, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Research
