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Educational Choice in Secondary School in Flanders: The Relative Impact of Occupational Interests on Option Choice
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Pinxten, Maarten; De Fraine, Bieke; Van Den Noortgate, Wim; Van Damme, Jan; Anumendem, Dickson – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2012
The present study aims at unravelling the myriad of student-level (i.e., gender, socioeconomic status [SES], academic self-concept, achievement, ability, and occupational interests) and school-level (i.e., gender composition, maths composition, and SES composition) determinants of option choice in the academic track of secondary school in…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, School Choice, Grade 9, Grade 8
Compromises in Adolescents' Occupational Aspirations and Expectations from Grades 8 to 10.
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Armstrong, Patrick Ian; Crombie, Gail – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2000
Data from 245 male and 257 female adolescents who reported occupational aspirations and expectations in grades 8, 9, and 10 indicated that those who had significant aspiration-expectation discrepancies in one grade made significant changes in aspiration the following year. To the extent the changes were toward more realistic or accessible…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Expectation, Grade 10, Grade 8
The Grade Nine Student Survey: Fall 1982. #173.
Wright, E. N.; Tsuji, G. K. – 1983
A survey of ninth grade students in Toronto public schools is annually conducted to gather background information. The relationship of students' race, native country, mother tongue, family and socioeconomic status to their level of study is examined. The analysis of race shows 6.6 percent black, .9 percent Native Canadian, 14.6 percent of Asian…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Grade 9
The Grade Nine Student Survey: Fall 1980.
Wright, E. N.; Dhanota, A. S. – 1981
A survey of ninth grade students in Toronto public schools was conducted to gather background information. The relationship of students' race, native country, mother tongue, family and socioeconomic status to their level of study was examined. About one quarter of the students identified themselves as members of a visible minority, although about…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries
Reading Performances as Related to Race and Socio-economic Status.
Carron, Theodore J.; And Others – 1978
A study was conducted to explore the relationship of race and socioeconomic status to the learning of reading skills among ninth-grade black and white students in the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, city and county schools. Each student was given diagnostic reading tests by timed, untimed, and auditory administration. Socioeconomic status was measured by…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 9
Mathematics Equals Opportunity.
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Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1997
Mastering mathematics has become more important than ever in the United States. Students with a strong grasp of mathematics have an advantage in academics and in the job market. The eighth grade is a critical point in mathematics education. Achievement at that stage clears the way for students to take rigorous high school mathematics and science…
Descriptors: Algebra, Attendance, College Preparation, Equal Education