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Academic Optimism in High Schools
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Duffy-Friedman, Margaret
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1201035546
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Year and Degree
2007, Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Education, Cleveland State University, College of Education and Human Services.
Abstract
This study contributes to the research foundation of academic optimism (Hoy, Tarter & Woolfolk Hoy, 2006) through incorporating the following three aims: to determine the relationship between academic emphasis, collective efficacy, faculty trust in students and parents, and academic optimism; to explore the relationship of academic optimism with state student achievement and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) standards; and to identify the practices in schools that demonstrate academic emphasis, faculty trust in students and parents, and collective efficacy that comprise academic optimism. Qualitative and quantitative methods were utilized to collect quantitative survey data and qualitative interview data on academic emphasis, collective efficacy and faculty trust in students and parents from teachers and principals in one high and one lower performing Midwestern high school, as identified by state and federal standard mandates. This study provides an opportunity to describe how the construct of academic optimism, also linked to student achievement, translates into practice in the high school setting.
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Ralph Mawdsley (Advisor)
Pages
177 p.
Keywords
academic optimism
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collective efficacy
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academic emphasis
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faculty trust in students and parents
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data analysis
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academic achievement
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Duffy-Friedman, M. (2007).
Academic Optimism in High Schools
[Doctoral dissertation, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1201035546
APA Style (7th edition)
Duffy-Friedman, Margaret.
Academic Optimism in High Schools.
2007. Cleveland State University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1201035546.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Duffy-Friedman, Margaret. "Academic Optimism in High Schools." Doctoral dissertation, Cleveland State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1201035546
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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