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Radford, Alexandria Walton; Fritch, Laura Burns; Leu, Katherine; Duprey, Michael – National Center for Education Statistics, 2018
This report presents selected findings from the second follow-up of the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09). HSLS:09 follows a nationally representative sample of students who were ninth-graders in fall 2009 from the beginning of high school into higher education and the workforce. Key research topics for HSLS:09 include secondary to…
Descriptors: High School Students, Longitudinal Studies, Grade 9, Cohort Analysis
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Smith-Adcock, Sondra; Webster, Stephanie M.; Leonard, Lindsay G.; Walker, Jennifer L. – Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 2008
The current study examined a group counseling intervention developed to promote wellness in adolescent girls at an alternative school. Findings indicated that the wellness intervention helped girls to broaden their ideas about wellness and to set personal wellness goals. Implications for practice and recommendations for future research are…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Intervention, Females, Wellness
Brozo, William G. – 1985
Methods for teaching students to recognize and manipulate structures of cohesion in reading materials are discussed. Teaching students to connect text involves a strategy that combines reading and writing in student- and teacher-directed activities. An example illustrates how the strategy can be applied with specific course content, a ninth-grade…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cohesion (Written Composition), Grade 9, High School Students
Fernando, Fernandez R. – 1989
This document, presented in chart essay form, reports findings of a study of the individual, family, school, and community characteristics of Hispanic ninth grade students enrolled in predominantly minority high schools in major American cities in 1986-87. The findings represent an essential firt step in ascertaining why Hispanic students stay in…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Dropout Research, Family Characteristics, Grade 9
Fernandez, Ricardo R.; Velez, William – 1989
This document combines a review of the literature on Hispanic high school dropouts and urban dropout prevention initiatives with an analysis of the findings of a study of the individual, family, school, and community characteristics of Hispanic ninth grade students in predominantly minority high schools in American cities. The study was designed…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Grade 9
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Bateman, Mark; Hossler, Don – College and University, 1996
Compared development of postsecondary education plans of African American and White ninth graders, vs variables of the Hossler/Gallagher Three Phase Model of College Choice. Subjects were from 2,930 households with students attending 21 Indiana high schools. Results indicate the variables were more predictive for Whites than African Americans, and…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Administration, College Bound Students, College Choice