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ERIC Number: ED285734
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Mar
Pages: 55
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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The First Year Experience: Reactions of Faculty, Students, & Parents; Achievements and Awards. The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Report No. 3.
Sawyer, David E.
The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Fairfax County, Virginia) offers a comprehensive college preparatory program emphasizing the sciences, mathematics, and technology. The school serves students selected on the basis of aptitude and interest in the biological, physical, mathematical, and computer sciences, and who intend to persue college preparation in the sciences, engineering or related fields. In order to assess various opinions concerning the first year of the school's existence, parents, students, faculty, and staff were asked to respond to separate survey instruments. This document provides the results of those surveys, which tend to be very positive. Data reflects strong positive opinion relative to a challenging curriculum and coursework, a strong academic climate, intellectually stimulating experiences, and feelings that students had learned a great deal during the year. In addition, faculty were comfortable with their role at the school, and students stated that they would encourage others to participate. Some concern was shown in relation to the travel time to and from school, and the value of the technology laboratories. The study instruments are appended. (TW)
Fairfax County Public Schools, 10700 Page Ave., Fairfax, VA 22030.
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Fairfax County Schools, VA.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A