Curbing Dropout Rates [microform] : An Ecological Model / Donald H. Wells and Others.
An eight-week summer program was conducted to prevent 80 high-risk adolescents from dropping out of high school. The 32 females and 48 males selected for the project were all residents of rural areas of northern Louisiana who had been identified by their public school guidance counselors as being at...
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| Language: | English |
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1987.
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| Summary: | An eight-week summer program was conducted to prevent 80 high-risk adolescents from dropping out of high school. The 32 females and 48 males selected for the project were all residents of rural areas of northern Louisiana who had been identified by their public school guidance counselors as being at high risk of dropping out. The program model included three principal components: academic and vocational education and counseling services. Students received instruction in mathematics and language arts as well as 20 hours of on-the-job training per week. Each student thus completed 160 hours of work experience during the program. The program's counseling components consisted of 24-hour personal counseling services provided for the project's duration. All 80 participants registered for the following fall semester and were attending high school classes at the time of the follow-up survey. Statistically significant progress was made by the participants in both mathematics and language arts during the eight-week program, as measured by the California Achievement Test (Level 18). Average gains of 57.2 percent in mathematics computation, 51.6 percent in mathematics concepts, 17.7 percent in reading comprehension, and 44.5 percent in spelling were recorded. On a six-point scale, the participants' overall work behavior was found to increase 3.72. (MN) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED296072. |
| Physical Description: | 19 pages. |