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Brodd, Donna; And Others – 1985
Five counselors and the 513 graduates of 6 Kansas rural high schools for the period of 1981 to 1984 participated in a study designed to elicit a better understanding of counseling services in small, rural high schools and of the activities of the graduates of these schools during the first 4 years past graduation. Counselors provided the…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Educational Counseling, Graduate Surveys, Graduates
A Case Study of a Science and Mathematics Day Camp as Experienced by Seven Girls from Rural Georgia.
Download full textSchriver, Martha L.; And Others – 1995
The focus of this study was a science and mathematics day camp for Girl Scouts in a rural Georgia county, the goal of which was to help girls "discover" themselves as competent participants in science and mathematics. During the camp, Brownie Junior and Cadet Girl Scouts from Bulloch County interacted with women faculty on the campus of Georgia…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Mathematics Education, Questionnaires
Petersen, Anne C.; And Others – 1979
A study was conducted to examine sex differences in educational and occupational goals among adolescents. Three questionnaires were administered to two samples of high school students. The first sample consisted of 125 students at a Midwestern rural community high school; the second sample consisted of 294 students from a large suburban high…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Objectives, Females, High School Students
Davis, Robert F. – 1970
The trends toward an increase in the percentage of nonfarm members and the concurrent increase in the percentage of girls in 4-H programs prompted the need for this 1970 study involving Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. A primary purpose for the study was to confirm or deny these suggested trends. The problem of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Age Differences, Extension Education, Group Membership
Peer reviewedLempers, Jacques D.; And Others – Child Development, 1989
Investigates the relationship between family economic hardship and adolescent distress among 622 students in grades 9-12. Hardship effects varied according to type of distress. Hardship had direct and indirect effects on the depression-loneliness factor and an indirect effect on the delinquency-drug use factor. (RJC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Delinquency, Depression (Psychology), Family Financial Resources
Dunnell, P. – 1980
Besides describing actual experiences of rural students who leave school before completing Year 12, a 1978-79 study in Western Australia was also designed to investigate options and employment opportunities available to school leavers. Questionnaires from 1,371 students in Years 9-12 in 14 schools collected data on background, education,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Dropout Attitudes, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship
