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Download full textDRABICK, LAWRENCE W. – 1967
INFLUENCES WHICH HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS PERCEIVE AS AFFECTING THEIR OCCUPATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS WERE INVESTIGATED. GROUP-ADMINISTERED INTERVIEW SCHEDULES WERE COMPLETED BY 1,068 SENIORS IN 12 HIGH SCHOOLS BASICALLY ATTENDED BY WHITE STUDENTS AND 11 HIGH SCHOOLS PREDOMINANTLY ATTENDED BY NEGRO STUDENTS. DIFFERENCES IN PERCEPTIONS WERE…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, Decision Making, Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedPhilipsen, Maike – Journal of Negro Education, 1993
Focuses on the academic decision making of several female African Americans in a rural southern (primarily African-American) town by considering their personal school experiences and their interpretations of the value of education in their community contexts. Preliminary findings show many contradictions between educational beliefs and actual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Black Attitudes, Blacks
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 1993
This report provides important baseline information for school systems in North Carolina working to improve student performance. It describes participation, student characteristics, and achievement for 11 high school courses assessed by the North Carolina End-of-Course Testing Program in 1991-92. Participation of North Carolina students in Algebra…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Advanced Courses, Algebra
