ERIC Number: EJ950466
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jan
Pages: 26
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
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If You Build It, They Will Come: A Successful Truancy Intervention Program in a Small High School
Marvul, John N.
Urban Education, v47 n1 p144-169 Jan 2012
To assess whether a 5-month program involving attendance monitoring, sports participation, and a moral character class would reduce absenteeism, 40 students in a small transitional high school were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups and assessed pre- and postintervention on educational expectations, attitude toward education, and emotional, cognitive, behavioral engagement, and attendance. Findings indicated significant differences between intervention and control groups on all predictor variables. Absenteeism was significantly and negatively related to all predictor variables. The program successfully reduced absenteeism, increased educational expectations, attitude toward education and engagement. (Contains 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Predictor Variables, Academic Aspiration, High School Students, Experimental Groups, Pretests Posttests, Expectation, Educational Attitudes, Emotional Development, Cognitive Development, Behavior Modification, Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Learner Engagement, Truancy, Functional Behavioral Assessment, At Risk Students, Values Education, Behavioral Science Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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