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Collins, Jerry D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the study was to explore the lived experiences of African American urban high school students that dropped out of school in an urban Alabama city and their teachers that taught the students between 2004 and 2008. In addition, the purpose of this study focused on the dropout phenomenon by interviewing students and their former…
Descriptors: Interviews, High School Students, High Schools, Dropouts
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Martin, Andrew J.; Marsh, Herbert W. – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
This study examines educational and psychological correlates of academic resilience using within-network and between-network validity approaches. Based on a sample of 402 Australian high-school students, a newly developed unidimensional academic resilience construct found within-network validity by way of sound item and factor properties. In terms…
Descriptors: Psychology, Academic Persistence, Validity, Self Efficacy