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Adolescent Future Expectations of Work, Education, Family, and Community: Development of a New Measure
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McWhirter, Ellen Hawley; McWhirter, Benedict T. – Youth & Society, 2008
The development and validation of a measure of adolescent future expectations associated with work, education, family, health, and church/community participation is presented. The 25-item measure was administered to a sample of 389 7th- to 12th-grade urban poor and working-class Chilean students. Results of an exploratory principal axis factor…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Validity, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
A Comparative Analysis of the 45-15 Plan and the Traditional Calendar in the Prince William County Public Schools of Virginia. Executive Summary.
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Evans, Robert A.; And Others – 1978
One objective of this study was to discover whether education of students on the 45-15 plan differed from that provided on the traditional schedule. Another objective was to assess the attitudes of the educators, parents, students, and business people of Prince William County toward the two plans. The educational evaluation compared, across…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Comparative Analysis
Analysis of Federal Education Programs from the Perspective of Rural Development Needs.
Parks, Gail Armstrong – 1979
Case studies of local development projects in Scotland, Norway, Australia, and the United States (Minnesota) indicate that federal education programs of a "generative" nature (those linking educational improvement to other improvement efforts, emphasizing process, and stimulating grass-roots participation) are most likely to promote…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Services