Schools as Communities, Poverty Levels of Student Populations, and Students' Attitudes, Motives, and Performance: A Multilevel Analysis.

Battistich, Victor; And Others

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Publication Date: 1995

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Schools as Communities, Poverty Levels of Student Populations, and Students' Attitudes, Motives, and Performance: A Multilevel Analysis.

Battistich, Victor; And Others

American Educational Research Journal, v32 n3 p627-58 Fall 1995

Hierarchical linear modeling was used to examine relationships between students' sense of community, poverty level, and student attitudes, motives, beliefs, and behavior among a diverse sample of 24 elementary schools. Within schools, the sense of community of individual students was significantly associated with student outcome measures. (SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Beliefs, Community, Elementary Education, Institutional Characteristics, Outcomes of Education, Poverty, Socioeconomic Status, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics, Student Motivation

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Language: English

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