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Gray, Jan; Hackling, Mark – Australian Educational Researcher, 2009
Non-completion of senior secondary schooling continues to be a matter of concern for policy makers and practitioners in Australia today. Despite the efforts of governments to improve participation and retention rates, 30% of students drop out of school before completing Year 12. Further, some students remain at school, just biding their time until…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, School Culture, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries
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Sobkin, V. S. – Russian Education and Society, 2007
The research presented in this paper was carried out in 2002 within the framework of the Russian Academy of Education's comprehensive program "The Sociology of Education." This article is based on the materials from a sociological survey of 2,983 students in the seventh, ninth, and eleventh grades of general education schools in Moscow.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Sociology, Comprehensive Programs, Learning Motivation
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Florinskaia, Iu. F.; Roshchina, T.G. – Russian Education and Society, 2006
This article presents a survey that was carried out in 2004 to assess the level of migration mobility on the part of young inhabitants in the small cities of Russia. The survey was participated in by eleventh-grade (senior) students. The total number of respondents was 500 (100 in each community); 61% were girls and 39% were boys. The statistical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Data, Place of Residence, Migration
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Dodd, Anne Wescott – NASSP Bulletin, 1995
Interviews with parents of 11th graders enrolled in a required, untracked American studies course reveal that parents' perspectives are not easily understood. Principals should beware of survey data and superficial feedback, resist focusing only on outcomes, and conceive of parents as learners. Principals can transform traditional meetings with…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, American Studies, Grade 11, High Schools
Omvig, Clayton P. – 1979
The evaluation of the Bowling Green, Kentucky, K-12 Career Education Incremental Improvement Project consisted of five components: professional staff survey (PSS), student career maturity, career education program assessment, record of student career development, and academic achievement. PSS findings indicated that the seventy principals,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Career Choice
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1995
This study assessed the strengths, weaknesses, and degree of implementation of the Manitoba (Canada) Physical Education curriculum in grades 4, 8, and 11. This report presents the conclusions and recommendations resulting from a review and interpretation of the findings by the Physical Education Educators on the grade level Technical Advisory…
Descriptors: Athletics, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1995
This study assessed the strengths, weaknesses, and degree of implementation of the Manitoba (Canada) Physical Education curriculum in grades 4, 8, and 11 in French Immersion Schools. This report presents the conclusions and recommendations resulting from a review and interpretation of the findings by the Physical Education Educators on the grade…
Descriptors: Athletics, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries