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Lessard, Anne; Butler-Kisber, Lynn; Fortin, Laurier; Marcotte, Diane – Journal of Educational Research, 2014
The authors focused on high school students who were at risk of dropping out and examined why some of these students persevered and graduated while others ended up dropping out of school. Sixty resilient students and 80 dropouts participated in the study. Our results indicate that although learning difficulties were shared by participants, 4 types…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Discourse Analysis, Resilience (Psychology), High School Students
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Weeks, Lori E.; Villeneuve, Michelle A.; Hutchinson, Susan; Roger, Kerstin; Versnel, Joan; Packer, Tanya – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2015
We investigated the experiences of research assistants in their dual role as both employees and trainees, when they were employed in a complex, mixed-methods, Canadian study on the everyday experience of living with and managing a chronic condition. A total of 13 research assistants participated in one or more components of this study: a survey (n…
Descriptors: Mentors, Research Assistants, Mixed Methods Research, Foreign Countries