A study was conducted to examine the effect of participation in vocational youth organizations on vocational student success in school, as measured by grades, while controlling for the effects of other variables that could reasonably be expected to have an impact on those grades. The research method was secondary analysis of an existing…

A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF HIGH SCHOOL HONOR STUDENTS WHO WERE ALLOWED TO ENROLL IN LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE TO TAKE STANDARD TRANSFERABLE COURSES OF COLLEGE LEVEL PRIOR TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. PERFORMANCE DATA AND GRADE POINT AVERAGES WERE GROUPED FOR EACH HIGH SCHOOL AND FOR EACH DEPARTMENT OR SUBJECT AREA. ON THE SCHOOL…

This Technical Research Report gives correlations between student scores on the General Technical (GT) composite of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery and cumulative grade point averages (GPAs). Data were collected on 911 juniors and seniors selected from a sample at 22 secondary schools in the San Antonio metropolitan area. The GT…

This study asked whether or not points which could add to a student's grade would reinforce studying in high school students. The study was conducted in a tenth grade biology class of 33 college bound, lower-class students. Four additional people were present in the class: two observers and two teacher aides to administer points. To accurately…

Administered questionnaires to 4,317 high school students to assess impact on adolescents of recessionary economic conditions. Results from subsample of 1,897 students with paying, part-time jobs revealed that older students worked more hours than did younger students, and adolescents with higher grade point averages or high family socioeconomic…

Presents the results of an exploratory study of 41 mothers' strategies for managing the education of their beginning high school children. Results showed an association between a family's socioeconomic status and mother's academic strategies, thus indicating one way in which family background translates into educational achievement. (Author/JDH)

Research during the past decade suggests that integrating computing technology in general, and mobile computers in particular, into the educational environment has positive effects. This is the first long-term study of high school Personal Digital Assistant use. It involved three-parts, 146 students during four years. Part one found that PDA use…

This study compared the effectiveness of American College Testing (ACT) Composite score and high school grade point average (GPA) for predicting different levels of first-year college GPA. Logistic regression models were estimated for predicting first-year GPA levels ranging from 2.00 to 3.75 for a sample of postsecondary institutions. The…

Investigated in this study were relationships between personality characteristics and school environments as predictor variables and high school GPA and personal adjustment in high school as criterion variables. Significant were GPA differences as well as differences among personality groups and high schools when school adjustment was the…

Tested whether male classroom behavior would improve or deteriorate in ninth grade sections made coeducational in contrast to sections which remained all-male. Dependent measures were number of detentions and course grades for conduct, effort, and academic achievement. (Author/DB)

Computed measure of average academic rigor of student's high school program from high school transcripts and used measure as supplemental predictor to Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores and high school rank in class. Data from two cohorts of college graduates revealed new measure was superior to SAT scores and rank in class in predicting…

Examines the longitudinal effects of parent involvement on tenth-grade students' learning and whether the same pattern of influences exists for boys and girls and for students from different ethnic groups. Results suggest that parent involvement has an effect on students' grade point average and that the same influences hold across gender but were…

The Biology Intensive Orientation for Students (BIOS) Program was designed to assess the impact of a 5-d intensive prefreshman program on success and retention of biological science majors at Louisiana State University. The 2005 pilot program combined content lectures and examinations for BIOL 1201, Introductory Biology for Science Majors, as well…

FACTORS THAT MAY BE INFLUENCING ENROLLMENTS IN HOME ECONOMICS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL WERE INVESTIGATED -- (1) THE QUALITY OF THE HOME ECONOMICS PROGRAM, (2) PRESSURES TO TAKE OTHER SUBJECTS, (3) SCHOOL SCHEDULES, (4) ATTITUDES TOWARD HOME ECONOMICS, (5) PATTERNS OF HOME ECONOMICS OFFERINGS, AND (6) JUNIOR HIGH HOMEMAKING PROGRAMS. QUESTIONNAIRES…

An investigation was conducted in order to make a comparison of grade-point averages, earned by military-dependent students in Overseas Dependent Schools, with the grade-point averages of a comparable non-mobile student society with whom they graduated in the United States. Data was derived from the permanent record cards of 2,173 graduated…