NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Showing all 2 results
Factors Influencing Students' Decisions about Post-Year 10 Education
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Beswick, Kim; Hay, Ian; Watson, Jane; Allen, Jeanne; Cranston, Neil – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
This paper reports pilot data from an instrument devised as part of a large ARC funded project that aims, among other things, to investigate factors that influence the decisions of students in rural and/or disadvantaged areas to continue their schooling beyond Year 10. One section of the pilot student questionnaire comprised 42 items designed to…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Student Attitudes, Disadvantaged, Questionnaires
Findings from a Pilot Study into Student Retention beyond Year 10
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Cranston, Neil; Allen, Jeanne Maree; Watson, Jane; Hay, Ian; Beswick, Kim – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
This paper reports on early findings from a pilot study into student retention beyond Year 10. Located in rural, regional and disadvantaged communities in Tasmania, the research has implications at State, national and international levels. It is being funded by a nationally competitive Australian Research Council Linkage grant and the Tasmanian…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Data Analysis