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Mancini, Tracy Janine – Community College Enterprise, 2017
Conventional wisdom suggests attending the first day of class matters with regard to student course completion and final course grade. However, relatively little quantitative research exists on the effects of attending or not attending the first day of class. Qualitative research on student perceptions of the value and importance of the first day…
Descriptors: Attendance, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes, Qualitative Research
Bickerstaff, Susan E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
While high school attrition is a critical issue in the ongoing effort to reduce disparities in educational equity across race and class, rhetoric on the "high school dropout crisis" frequently overlooks the large number of students who reenroll in school or earn their credentials in alternative schools or GED programs. The number of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Credentials, High Schools, Critical Theory