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Role of Family Background, Student Behaviors, and School-Related Beliefs in Predicting High School Dropout
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Parr, Alyssa K.; Bonitz, Verena S. – Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The authors' purpose was to test a parsimonious model derived from social cognitive career theory (R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, & G. Hackett, 1994) and expectancy value theory (J. S. Eccles & A. Wigfield, 2002) that integrates groups of variables (demographic background, student behaviors, and school-related beliefs) with the goal of…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, High School Students, Dropouts, Family Characteristics
Analysis for Determining Factors That Place Elementary Students at Risk.
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Rush, Sheila; Vitale, Patrick A. – Journal of Educational Research, 1994
Urban elementary school teachers completed a checklist designed to determine a profile of the most significant factors that caused students to be at risk. Results indicated there were eight important factors: academic risk, behavior and coping skills, social withdrawal, family income, parenting, language development, retention, and attendance. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attendance Patterns, Dropouts, Elementary Education
Effects of Student Uniforms on Attendance, Behavior Problems, Substance Use, and Academic Achievement.
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Brunsma, David L.; Rockquemore, Kerry A. – Journal of Educational Research, 1998
Examined 10th-grade data from the 1988 National Educational Longitudinal Study to investigate the effects of school uniforms on student attendance, behavior problems, substance use, and academic achievement. Data from public, private, and Catholic schools indicated that uniforms had no direct effect on substance use, attendance, or behavior, and a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Behavior Problems, Catholic Schools