Home and school factors associated with high school truancy in a southeastern Virginia urban school district

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dc.contributor.authorJeter, DeWayneen
dc.contributor.committeechairConley, Houstonen
dc.contributor.committeememberFortune, Jimmie C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMcKeen, Ronald L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberProctor, Ronalden
dc.contributor.committeememberRichards, Robert R.en
dc.contributor.departmentEducational Administrationen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:21:22Zen
dc.date.adate2005-10-14en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:21:22Zen
dc.date.issued1991-07-12en
dc.date.rdate2005-10-14en
dc.date.sdate2005-10-14en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the study was to identify which additional factors that have been related to truancy are perceived by chronic truant students; additionally, the researcher wanted to know how demographic differences among chronic truant students (i.e., gender, socio-economic status, parental education, and their own education aspirations) related to these attitudes. The research questions were: (1) What are chronic truant students' perceptions of student participation in school activities? (2) What are chronic truant students' perceptions of school curriculum? (3) What are chronic truant students' perceptions of relationships with counse1ors? ( 4 ) What are chronic truant students' perceptions of relationships with teachers? (5) What are chronic truant students' perceptions with administrators (6) What are chronic truant students' perceptions of family education expectations and goals? (7) What are chronic truant students' perceptions of parental involvement?en
dc.description.degreeEd. D.en
dc.format.extentx, 96 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-10142005-135807en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10142005-135807/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/39923en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1991.J484.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 25119489en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1991.J484en
dc.subject.lcshHigh school attendance -- Virginiaen
dc.subject.lcshSchool attendance -- Virginiaen
dc.titleHome and school factors associated with high school truancy in a southeastern Virginia urban school districten
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Administrationen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Educationen

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