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Influences on Student Decisions to Enrol in Higher-Level Mathematics Courses
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Gregory Hine; Chris Forlin; Paola Chivers – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2024
Addressing the participation rates in senior secondary mathematics courses in Australian schools remains a critically important issue. In this paper, the authors report on quantitative findings from a study in which all year 11 and year 12 (aged 17-18 years) Australian Tertiary Admissions Ranking (ATAR) students in Western Australia were invited…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Course Selection (Students), Likert Scales, Secondary School Students
Senior High School Mathematics Subjects in Queensland: Options and Trends of Student Participation
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David Chinofunga; Philemon Chigeza; Subhashni Taylor – Prism: Casting New Light on Learning, Theory & Practice, 2022
In the State of Queensland in Australia, Years 11 and 12 students can opt to study calculus based or non-calculus based mathematics. Calculus based mathematics subjects are a prerequisite for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), which has been identified as critically important for current and future productivity by the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Calculus, Course Selection (Students)
Dual Enrollment Courses in Kentucky: High School Students' Participation and Completion Rates. REL 2016-137
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Lochmiller, Chad R.; Sugimoto, Thomas J.; Muller, Patricia A.; Mosier, Gina G.; Williamson, Steven E. – Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia, 2016
Kentucky is using dual enrollment as one strategy to improve access to postsecondary education for its high school students, particularly after passage of Kentucky Senate Bill 1 in 2009, which focused on improving college and career readiness. The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Appalachia undertook a descriptive study of participation in…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, College School Cooperation, High School Students, Student Participation
Understanding the Discipline Gap from an Ecological Perspective
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McElderry, Cathy G.; Cheng, Tyrone C. – Children & Schools, 2014
This study investigated school exclusion's relationships with student characteristics, mother characteristics, parental involvement, school location, and service provision. The researchers examined data from 4,837 students in seventh to 12th grade extracted from a national data set. Multivariate results showed that student's age, gender,…
Descriptors: Expulsion, Mothers, Parent Participation, School Location
Influence of School-Image on Academic Self-Efficacy Belief
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Gafoor, K. Abdul; Ashraf, P. Muhammed – Online Submission, 2012
This study explores the academic self-efficacy and School-Image among higher secondary school students, on a sample of 652 XIth standard students drawn from Kerala, adopting proportionate stratified random sampling. The data was collected using Academic Self-Efficacy Scale and School-Image Scale. Significant difference exist in School-Image of…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Beliefs, Influences, Reputation
Relationships among Six Variables of Some Jamaican Eleventh-Graders and Their Performance in Biology
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Clayton-Johnson, Miriam; Soyibo, Kola – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2005
This study was designed to ascertain if (a) the level of biology performance of the selected 393 Jamaican 11th-graders (188 boys, 205 girls)--who constituted the main study's sample--was satisfactory or not; (b) there were statistically significant differences in their performance linked to their gender, attitudes towards biology, learning styles,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Cognitive Style, Science Achievement, Biology