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Download full textKnapp, Melvin; Smith, Robert – 1974
The historical change in educational status projections of Georgia rural youth was examined from 1966-1972. Used as the sampling unit, counties were: (1) rural, (2) characterized by low socioeconomic status, and (3) representative of all state regions. All schools in each county with a 10th grade class were used, although not necessarily the same…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Attitude Change, Blacks, County School Districts
Stuart, Nina G.; Dunkelberger, J. E. – 1974
Historical changes reflected in the educational goals of black and white high school seniors in 1966 and 1972 were compared. The five orientation dimensions studied were aspiration, expectation, goal deflection, goal certainty, and goal intensity. Data were collected in the four contiguous Northeast Alabama counties of Cherokee, DeKalb, Jackson,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Anglo Americans, Attitude Change, Blacks
McCracken, J. David; Fails, Eric – 1989
Panel studies examined changes in the educational and occupational aspirations of 191 rural Ohio youth. The 1988 survey questions were similar to those asked in a study conducted 3 years earlier when subjects were 10th and 12th graders. Major findings were: (1) the influence of school personnel on student career and curriculum choices was less…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Attitude Change, Followup Studies
Kuvlesky, William P.; Monk, Philip M. – 1975
Historical change in occupational and educational status projections of Texas rural Mexican American teenage boys and girls between 1967 and 1973 were examined. The study determined the nature and extent of historical change patterns occurring among these youth in reference to the following dimensions of occupational and educational status…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis
Dunkelberger, J. E.; And Others – 1974
In 1965, a youth aspiration study was initiated in six southern states. Data were first collected in 1966 from 10th grade students in selected high schools. In 1968, 12th grade students attending the same schools completed questionnaires. Then, in 1972, a stratified random sample was taken of 1,226 young adults who were previously examined. This…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Age Groups, Attitude Change
Howell, Frank M.; Frese, Wolfgang – 1980
Using two panel studies which collectively covered the preadolescent-to-young adulthood period in the life cycle, the study focused on the issues of level of aspiration formation, stability, and race-sex subgroup invariance. The panel studies collected data from youths from (1) rural areas with towns of 2,500 or less and urban areas with cities of…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Agricultural Colleges, Attitude Change
