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Download full textDrummie, Mary A. – 1965
This study of dropouts from New Brunswick (Canada) schools presents a description of dropout characteristics and makes a comparison with findings of the dropout profile from the preceding year. Six variables were found to be stable factors--sex, original language (French or English), end result of leaving school (work, school, or other), grade…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Curriculum, Dropout Characteristics
Peer reviewedBrown, Robert S. – ERS Spectrum, 1996
This literature review on mentoring at-risk students first encapsulates the history of North American mentoring programs, highlighting a late 19th-century Friendly Visiting Movement and recent 100 Black Men of Atlanta and the Toronto Learning Partnership projects. Mentoring program goals, benefits, effectiveness, challenges, and planning problems…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
King, A. J. C.; And Others – 1989
The purpose of this study was to evaluate retention efforts in Ontario (Canada) secondary schools in order to develop policy and support initiatives designed to reduce dropouts and improve retention rates. The study had four parts: (1) an analysis of credit accumulation for four cohorts and academic achievement patterns over 4 years in 16 schools;…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Phillips, D. John – Education Canada, 1984
Compares and describes school leavers in Ontario, Canada, and Somerset, England. Notes functional illiteracy is common among school leavers. Decides that the best approach is a concentrated effort on reading in grades three and four. Describes such a program to be instituted in York, Ontario, in September, 1984. (BRR)
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Ming, Marilyn – 1988
The pro-active telephone-tutored delivery mode developed by the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology's Rural Library Training Project provides a model for increasing the completion rate of traditional correspondence courses, relieving the isolation factor associated with correspondence, and providing pacing while still allowing flexibility for…
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Distance Education, Dropout Prevention, Foreign Countries
Jones, Gordon; Dennison, John D. – 1972
At Vancouver City College (British Columbia) research was conducted to determine any significant differences between dropouts and the total student population. Data collected from samples of persister and non-persister (withdrawing from all classes before semester completion) students consisted of three types: (1) educational, such as grade point…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Altieri, Dino – Education Canada, 1991
Early intervention, substantial parent involvement, effective instruction, and staff development that empowers teachers can improve the achievement of at-risk students. The task is to combine each of these components into a coherent whole by coordinating the efforts of the school, the family, and the community into a comprehensive set of…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Early Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBoutin, France; Chinien, Christian A. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1998
Among junior high school students at risk of dropout, 45 with cognitive skill deficits were taught using the Cognitive-Based Instructional System (CBIS) and compared with 27 controls. Teachers using CBIS felt empowered to engineer instruction for at-risk students; CBIS's reflection in action helped change their beliefs about teaching and learning.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Objectives, Dropout Prevention, Foreign Countries
Gauvin, Ann M.; And Others – 1991
This document is a report of a panel discussion on literacy conducted at an adult education conference in Quebec (Canada). Panelists included Leona Grise, Brenda Lee, and Nicole Snaauw; Ann M. Gauvin was the moderator. The discussion centered on student recruitment, the dropout factor, and alternate methods of learning for individuals lacking…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cognitive Style, Dropout Prevention
Clement-Godin, Lise; And Others – 1988
The Alternative Co-operative Education Program (ACE program) of the Peel Board of Education in Ontario, Canada is a program implemented to address the needs of students who were leaving the school system before graduation. The objectives of the ACE program are to provide at-risk students with the opportunity to combine in-school and out-of-school…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Education, Cooperative Education, Dropout Prevention
JOHNSON, RONALD W. – 1967
DURING THE 1966 SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM, THE NEW BRUNSWICK DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR CONDUCTED A STUDY OF THE HIGH DROPOUT RATE AMONG THE 2,673 APPRENTICES IN THE PROVINCE. THE PURPOSE WAS TO FIND AN ADEQUATE SELECTION METHOD FOR TRAINEES. DATA FROM EXISTING FILES AND FROM A QUESTIONNAIRE FILLED IN BY FORMER EMPLOYERS AND DISTRICT SUPERVISORS WERE…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Age, Apprenticeships, Aptitude Tests
Hunter, Susanne; Kettle, Helen – 1979
The Kumtuks program, an alternative rehabilitation program established by the Vancouver School Board in 1976 for Native Indian students, is described. Kumtuks was established to retain students between grades 6 and 9 when the drop-out rate among Native Indian students is the highest. The results of the evaluation of the first two years (1976-78),…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Canada Natives, Continuation Students
Peer reviewedLee, John D. – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1986
Cites the high dropout rates for native students in Saskatchewan urban centers and suggests that the inner-city native alternative school may be the best way to return students to some form of education leading to eventual employment. Lists 17 "do's" and "don'ts" for effective alternative schools. (JHZ)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Morris, Joan, Ed.; Bedal, C. B., Ed. – School Guidance Worker, 1982
Contains nine articles focusing on prevention programs and school counseling. Topics addressed include educational alternatives for potential dropouts, childhood depression, suicide, and school vandalism. Describes programs facilitating adolescent development and for the prevention of delinquent behavior. Discusses the counselor's role in failure…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attendance Patterns, Counselor Role, Delinquency Prevention
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1991
This paper provides a transcript of a videotaped roundtable discussion on illiteracy among young people (aged 16-30) in Canada. The discussion centered mainly on French-speaking Canadians and school dropouts. Panelists declared that the present adult literacy education system focuses on adults and that young people cannot fit into that system.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
