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Peer reviewedFine, Michelle – Teachers College Record, 1986
The author analyzed the economic and social arrangements, school policies and practices, and individual and collective psychologies of adolescent dropouts from a comprehensive high school in New York City. (MT)
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts, High Schools
Peer reviewedEkstrom, Ruth B.; And Others – Teachers College Record, 1986
Using data from High School and Beyond, a national longitudinal study of American high school students, the authors investigated who drops out, why one student drops out but not another, what dropouts do while peers remain in school, and what impact dropping out has on gains in tested achievement. (MT)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cohort Analysis, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
Peer reviewedMa, Xin – Teachers College Record, 1999
Examined the effects of individual characteristics and types of parental involvement on participation in advanced mathematics from grades 8-12. Data from the Longitudinal Study of American Youth indicated that mathematics participants had higher socioeconomic status than dropouts at every grade level. Gender, attitude, and achievement affected…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Mathematics Achievement
