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Coping, Stress, and Job Satisfaction as Predictors of Advanced Placement Statistics Teachers' Intention to Leave the Field
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McCarthy, Christopher J.; Lambert, Richard G.; Crowe, Elizabeth W.; McCarthy, Colleen J. – NASSP Bulletin, 2010
This study examined the relationship of teachers' perceptions of coping resources and demands to job satisfaction factors. Participants were 158 Advanced Placement Statistics high school teachers who completed measures of personal resources for stress prevention, classroom demands and resources, job satisfaction, and intention to leave the field…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Job Satisfaction, Intention, Coping
Weighting for Recognition: Accounting for Advanced Placement and Honors Courses when Calculating High School Grade Point Average
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Sadler, Philip M.; Tai, Robert H. – NASSP Bulletin, 2007
Honors and advanced placement (AP) courses are commonly viewed as more demanding than standard high school offerings. Schools employ a range of methods to account for such differences when calculating grade point average and the associated rank in class for graduating students. In turn, these statistics have a sizeable impact on college admission…
Descriptors: High Schools, Science Curriculum, Honors Curriculum, Grading
Providing Options for Superior Students in Secondary Schools.
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Daniel, Neil; Cox, June – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
Discusses the following three approaches to educating gifted high school students: (1) internships and mentor programs; (2) advanced placement programs; and (3) the "International Baccalaureate" program in Houston, a 2-year program of academic courses and interdisciplinary activities that incorporates a multicultural perspective and…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Field Experience Programs, Gifted, High Schools
Advanced Placement: Helping to Achieve Systemwide Reform in Urban Schools.
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Steller, Arthur W.; Lambert, Walter K. – NASSP Bulletin, 1996
Distressed with their district's lackluster performance on Advanced Placement (AP) exams, staff at Oklahoma City Schools reviewed the program and decided the curriculum was not challenging or motivating enough for students. They then developed and implemented a vastly improved AP program initiative that provided teacher incentives, staff…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Advanced Placement Programs, College Preparation, Curriculum Development
Student Failure Rate: A Different Perspective on the Problem.
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Rieck, William A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1994
It is inappropriate to judge high school teachers' failure rates without making appropriate modifications to reflect student-caused failures. Devising an adjusted failure rate addresses this problem. If properly placed students with 10 or more days absent and 10% or more missing homework assignments are removed from failure numbers, the…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Advanced Placement, Attendance, High Schools
An Art Teacher's View of Block Scheduling: A Less Enthusiastic Opinion.
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Hassenpflug, Ann – NASSP Bulletin, 1999
In this interview, a high school art teacher explains why her initial enthusiasm for block scheduling evaporated. Problems arose with foreign-language instruction, science labs, lesson planning, field trips, space utilization, supplies, and overenrollment in elective subjects like music and art. Teachers had little control or administrative…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Art Teachers, Block Scheduling, Elective Courses