Download or read book Adolescent Perceptions of an Alternative High School written by Sara Beth Willerson and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study of Adolescent Perceptions of Schooling in Two Urban High Schools written by Anne Sybil Flaxman and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Traditional and Alternative School Adolescents Perceptions of Significant Others written by Randall Gordon Town and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Perceptions of an Alternative High School written by William C. Allard and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Student Perceptions of the Alternative School written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some students find it difficult to reach graduation in a regular secondary school setting, but may be successful in an alternative setting. Causes of not graduating could include high absenteeism and behavior problems, which may result in dropping out. This study sought student perceptions of an alternative program in a public school district in the state of Mississippi. The participants were 10 students and their parents, 10 teachers, and the administrator. Data included interviews and school documents, and were analyzed using the constant comparative method. This research found that some of the students were enthused upon receiving alternative placement. Students liked the curriculum tailored to their individual needs, more one-on-one time with the teacher, and the opportunity to focus on the changes that they needed to make to improve their educational opportunities. Some parents expressed their disappointment in their child's placement; however, there were some parents who prefer the alternative school over regular school. The parents who were disappointed thought it to be a place where they put bad kids and where the teachers were not good teachers. The parents who preferred it liked the smaller teacher-student ratio and believed that alternative teachers were more supportive and kind. The teachers expressed the alternative school does not get the same attention as other district schools and is seen as a dumping ground for both teachers and students. Recommendations to the district include: evaluate the criteria for placing students in the alternative school, increase communication between the alternative and the regular school, provide a specialist to help focus on student learning styles, provide a full-time counselor to help students deal with the issues contributing to their lack of success in the regular school, and improve the physical setting for the alternative school. Further research is needed in the district: to determine what could be improved in the alternative academic program; to determine whether the alternative school curriculum is meeting state standards; and to examine the acceptance of students and faculty in the alternative program by district students and personnel.

Download or read book The Role of interest in Learning and Development written by K. Ann Renninger and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest is just emerging as a critical bridge between cognitive and affective issues in both learning and development. This developing "interest" in interest appears to be linked to an increasing concern for studying the individual in context, examining affective variables as opposed to purely structural features of text, analyzing the interrelationship of cognitive and social development, understanding practical applications of theories of motivation, and recognizing the importance of developmental psychology for the study of learning. This book addresses both how individual interest and interest inherent in stimuli (books, text, toys, etc.) across subjects affect cognitive performance. While the book's particular emphasis is on theory-driven research, each of the contributing authors offers a unique perspective on understanding interest and its effects on learning and development. As such, each has contributed a chapter in which particular questions in interest research are described and linked to a clearly stated theoretical perspective and recent findings. Relevant material from the broader literatures of psychology and education are analyzed in the context of these discussions. In addition, the introductory and concluding chapters build on the contributions to the volume by providing the basis of a coherent view of interest across genres such as stories and expository text, and domains as varied as play, reading, and mathematics.

Download or read book Tool Development to Measure the Adolescent Perception of Invincibility written by Mary Wickman Crook and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Case Study of Alternative High School Students Perceptions of Work Based Learning Curricula written by Viola Roberts Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Academic Motivation and the Culture of School in Childhood and Adolescence written by Cynthia Hudley and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2008-07-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schools, as one form of complex organizational settings, are regulated by often invisible expectations, understandings, and values that comprise the culture of the institutions. This volume moves beyond important and well studied relational and personal variables to an examination of school culture and motivation.

Download or read book How Adolescents in an Alternative School Program Use Instructional Technology to Construct Meaning While Reading and Writing written by Kristin Webber and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this qualitative case study research was to investigate how adolescent students constructed meaning while using instructional technology tools in an alternative school setting. Participants included six students who attended a small alternative public education program in the Midwest. Three of the participants were in the intermediate grade level (grades 4-5), two were in the middle grade level (grades 6-8), and one attended the high school (grades 9-12) levels of the program. The participants had been identified with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). They were attending this program because they had been unsuccessful in a traditional school setting. Two research questions guided data collection and analysis: 1) How do six adolescents use instructional technology to construct meaning while reading and writing in an alternative setting and; 2) What are these students' perceptions of how instructional technology is used in an alternative setting? Data collection included observations, interviews, and pertinent or documents. Data was analyzed using the constant comparative method (Merriam, 2009)), with the goal of identifying patterns within the data that could be organized into categories. Comparison of the categories to one another resulted in theory that is grounded in these findings and this context. Data analysis revealed four major findings: 1) Participants used technology to enhance, deepen and/or facilitate their meaning-making process. The technology itself, however, did not drive the meaning-making process; 2) Technology that was used during the study's reading and writing events enhanced these responses by providing support for the participants which allowed them to engage with texts in new or deeper ways. As they read poetry and fiction, for example, students favored affective responses. Digital poetry enabled the participants to forge unique interpretations of the text by choosing from a wide range of visual and audio effects. While the technology appeared to enhance or deepen their meaning-making with poetry and fiction, participants enlisted few of its resources when engaging with expository text; 3) Technology used during the study's writing events provided support for the participants as they moved recursively through stages of prewriting, drafting and revision and; 4) Although these participants did not perceive themselves as technologically savvy outside of school, in school they viewed themselves as confident users of technology when given multiple opportunities to use technology in sophisticated ways. Two ancillary findings are also of note: 1) The nature of the assignment itself appeared to have a significant influence on both the quality of participants' meaning-making and their use of technology and; 2) While research has found that students with EBD frequently display disruptive classroom behaviors (Fitzpatrick & Knowlton, 2009), participants in this study demonstrated no such behaviors. In fact, not only were participants consistently engaged by most of the activities, but they also consistently used features of the available technology to support their meaning-making efforts. For decades, scholarly research has confirmed that in their transactions with text, readers drive the meaning-making process (Galda, 2010; Goodman, 1995; Rosenblatt, 1995/1938, 1978; Martinez & Riser, 1991). Ultimately, results of this study add to and deepen this body of research by confirming readers' primacy in the meaning-making process, even with new digital literacies available to them through the use of technology.

Download or read book Perceptions of the Value of Alternative High School Education written by Eric Benjamin Levin and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Students Perceptions of Alternative High Schools that Give Rise to Persistence Through Graduation Organizational Characteristics and School Culture written by Laurie K. Brussow and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perception of the organizational culture was examined through the students' eyes. Questions were also posed for further research that might aid in improving student graduation rates as well as concentrating on the areas of the school culture that the students found most beneficial. Identifying these areas of school culture to better inform teachers and administrators about the positive impact of this type of culture was also considered.

Download or read book Adolescents at Risk written by Joy G. Dryfoos and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991-08-29 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven million youngsters--one in four adolescents--have only limited potential for becoming productive adults because they are at high risk for encountering serious problems at home, in school, or in their communities. This is one of the disturbing findings in this unique overview of what is known about young people aged 10 to 17 growing up in the United States today. The book explores four problem areas that are the subject of a great deal of public interest and social concern: delinquency, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and school failure. In examining these problem areas, Dryfoos has three objectives: to present a more cogent picture of adolescents who are at risk of problem behaviors and where they fit in society; to synthesize the experience of programs that have been successful in changing various aspects of these behaviors; and to propose strategies for using this knowledge base to implement more effective approaches to helping youngsters succeed. Among the key concepts emerging from this study are the importance of intense individual attention, social skills training, exposure to the world of work, and packaging components in broad, community-wide interventions. Schools are recognized as the focal institution in prevention, not only in regard to helping children achieve academically, but in giving young people access to social support and health programs. The author also proposes comprehensive youth development initiatives at the local, state and national level, based on programs shown to be effective in real practice. This landmark, state-of-the-art study represents an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the welfare and current problems of youth, including psychologists, sociologists, school administrators, state and federal officials, policymakers, and concerned parents.

Download or read book Teacher Perception of the Alternative High School Student Transition written by Samuel Mark Isley and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book In Their Words written by Candice J. Krueger and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Perceptions of Students of Color About Their Experience in an Alternative High School written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public schools in Oregon have been struggling to include students of color and teachers of color for so long. Students of color represent more than one third of the school population, yet remain underserved, underrepresented, and over disciplined. Most of their teachers and support staff are White; the teachers of color represent less than 8% of the teaching staff. The students of color attend comprehensive high schools that generally ignore them--or push them out. Some students of color end up in alternative schools. My problem of practice was the oppression of students of color in urban schools. Specifically, my research problem focused on their experiences in an alternative high school. The purpose of my study was to describe and explain the perceptions of students of color about their experiences in that alternative high school. Using a critical race framework and phenomenological inquiry, I conducted nine interviews with three students of color who consented to a three-interview series in one month. Data analysis led to the identification of four themes: learning in an alternative school; welcoming and accommodating environment; lived experiences in alternative school, and absence of dominant discourse. My findings aligned with the tenets of critical race theory as they show that students of color were not welcome in the education system; they also reflected the findings evident in the research literature. My study revealed that schools should not focus on contents only, but should also use content to teach for diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice.

Download or read book How Perceptions of School Membership Influence High School Students Academic Development written by Becky A. Smerdon and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: