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Download full textRicher, Kaye; Godfrey, John; Partington, Gary; Harslett, Mort; Harrison, Bernard – 1998
A study examined the attitudes of Aboriginal students concerning their education and their perceptions of their parents' views of education. Questionnaires completed by 473 Aboriginal students in grades 6-10 from 22 urban and rural schools in Western Australia indicated that Aboriginal children had a positive attitude toward their schools and…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Academic Aspiration, Attendance, Foreign Countries
Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; McInerney, Dennis M. – 1999
U.S. junior high school students in grades 7 and 8 (N=226) responded to survey items on their self-esteem and interest in schoolwork, their personal expectancy of completing high school, and perceived support from their teachers, parents, and peers for this expectancy. Their grade point average (GPA) and attendance data were obtained from school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Attendance, Expectation
