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Download full textDavidson, W. Craig – 1970
This study concerns the identification, interpretation and interrelationship of factors which are germane to a student's perception of himself and his environment and upon which factors he bases his decision to drop out of school. The methodological format goes beyond mere quantification in an attempt to distil the quality of the dropout's human…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
Vickstrom, Sandra E.; Anderson, Floyd L. – 1969
This course description was developed by educators for use at the Work Opportunity Center which was established to teach high school dropouts and/or hardcore unemployed youth. The ultimate objectives of this curriculum are to develop communicative skills necessary for social interaction and to help the student complete high school graduation…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Communication Skills, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
Maine Township Diagnostic and Remedial Learning Center, Park Ridge, IL. – 1970
The Maine Township Diagnostic and Remedial Learning Centers were established to provide educational, diagnostic, and remedial services to selected students who were so handicapped by their inability to make use of the communications skills, particularly reading and writing skills, that their school experience became one of frustration and failure.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Dropouts, Inservice Teacher Education, Parent Participation
Carroll, Joseph M.; And Others – 1969
The educational park environment that the District of Columbia schools are planning is seen as a learning environment consisting of a cluster of facilities, services, technological resources, and staff, and operating within a flexible administrative structure conceived and designed to optimize the advantages of the economies of size. The study,…
Descriptors: Community Services, Dropouts, Education Service Centers, Educational Parks
Richland County Board of Education, Mansfield, OH. – 1968
A study of delinquency, underachievement, and dropout in six school districts considered extent and contributing factors within the school setting. The Nye-Short Self Reporting Delinquency Scale indicated exceptionally high rates for one of seven elementary schools (grades 5 and 6), normal rates for only one of five junior high schools, and normal…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Rating Scales, Delinquency
Smith, Genevieve D. – 1974
As part of the Federally sponsored School Program Advancing Career Education (SPACE) in the schools of Greeneville and Greene County, Tennessee, a student interest inventory was conducted to aid in assessing a 45 percent dropout rate in the county. A 25-statement questionnaire (concerning occupational/career interests, communication skills, and…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Education, Communication Skills
