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Direct linkHakkarainen, Airi M.; Holopainen, Leena K.; Savolainen, Hannu K. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
In this longitudinal study, we investigated the role of word reading and mathematical difficulties measured in 9th grade as factors for receiving educational support for learning in upper secondary education in Grades 10 to 12 (from ages 16 to 19) and furthermore as predictors of dropout from upper secondary education within 5 years after…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedDekkers, Hetty; Driessen, Geert – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1997
Early school leaving within the first five years of secondary education was studied in the Netherlands using a sample from the national Educational Priority Policy study. Over 5,000 students were selected initially. Some 4.7% appeared to have dropped out without the educational system's basic qualification by the fifth year for a variety of…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Change
Download full textQuebec Commission on the Evaluation of Collegiate Teaching (Quebec). – 1997
In 1990, social science programs in Quebec's colleges in Canada were revised to standardize core courses and objectives across individual courses. Subsequently, the province's Commission on the Evaluation of Collegiate Teaching undertook an evaluation of the revised program to determine its administration and effectiveness, as well as the…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Dropout Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Black, Stephen; Sim, Susan – 1990
Views of former adult literacy students about their learning experience were ascertained in a study. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 68 former students from 2 adult literacy programs in the Inner West of Sydney (Australia). A literature review focused on the following topics: characteristics of adult basic education (ABE) students;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Dropout Attitudes
Smurthwaite, Ann; And Others – 1977
Examined is the success of Monash's Early Leavers' Scheme in terms of the performance, characteristics, and experience of successful applicants, and the manner in which the scheme has operated. The first section of the report provides background information on the establishment of the Scheme (to provide a modification to entry requirements for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Applicants
