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Direct linkTisha L. N. Emerson; KimMarie McGoldrick – Journal of Economic Education, 2024
Using data from 11 institutions, the authors investigate enrollments in intermediate microeconomics to determine characteristics of successful and unsuccessful students and follow the retake behavior of unsuccessful students. Successful students are significantly different from unsuccessful ones, and unsuccessful students differ by type…
Descriptors: Microeconomics, Student Attrition, Withdrawal (Education), Academic Persistence
Peer reviewedJimerson, Shane R.; Anderson, Gabrielle E.; Whipple, Angela D. – Psychology in the Schools, 2002
A review of studies examining dropping out of high school prior to graduation demonstrates that grade retention is one of the most powerful predictors of dropout status. Addresses the discrepancies regarding the effectiveness of grade retention and deleterious long-term correlates. Presents the transactional model of development, which emphasizes…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Grade Repetition, High School Students
Peer reviewedMantzicoupoulos, Panayota – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2003
Examines the extent that nonpromotion to 1st grade can be predicted from information about school and family contexts. Parental school involvement, parental estimates of children's school adjustment, and parental satisfaction with school programs were predictive of risk for nonpromotion. Head Start children were less likely to be retained in…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Grade Repetition, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
Peer reviewedFerguson, Phillip; Jimerson, Shane R.; Dalton, Michael J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2001
Study follows 106 kindergarten students through 11th grade examining the effects of family characteristics, school readiness, socialization, and student demographics on academic achievement and behavioral adjustment outcomes. Results demonstrate that retained students' initial school readiness, socioeconomic status, mother's level of education,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Elementary Secondary Education, Family Characteristics
Peer reviewedMcCoy, Ann R.; Reynolds, Arthur J. – Journal of School Psychology, 1999
Follow-up study investigates the effects of retention on school achievement, perceived school competence, and delinquency. The strongest predictors of retention were early school performance, gender, parental participation in school, and the number of school moves. Findings suggest that intervention approaches other than grade retention are needed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competence, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education
