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Grade Shift: How Parkersburg High School Ninth Graders Feel About Being Transitioned from Junior High School to High School

Vickers, Katherine R.

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2009, Masters in Education, Marietta College, Education.
In the 2008-2009 school year, Wood County Schools went from having junior high schools with grades seven through nine to true middle schools with grade six moving from the elementary schools to the newly formed middle schools and grade nine moving up to the high schools. Although there is a lot of research pertaining to how parents, teachers, and administrators feel about how grades should be divided among schools, there is little to no research about how students feel the grades should be divided. This study aimed to find how out Parkersburg High School ninth grade students felt about being transitioned from a junior high school setting up to high school. Parental consent was sought. Surveys were handed out to find out how the ninth graders felt about attending Parkersburg High School. Aspects that might have influenced these feelings were also examined. Through this research, perhaps more light can be shed about how the grades should be divided among schools and how to ease the transition between schools.
Bill Bauer (Committee Chair)
55 p.

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  • Vickers, K. R. (2009). Grade Shift: How Parkersburg High School Ninth Graders Feel About Being Transitioned from Junior High School to High School [Master's thesis, Marietta College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1241125761

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Vickers, Katherine. Grade Shift: How Parkersburg High School Ninth Graders Feel About Being Transitioned from Junior High School to High School. 2009. Marietta College, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1241125761.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Vickers, Katherine. "Grade Shift: How Parkersburg High School Ninth Graders Feel About Being Transitioned from Junior High School to High School." Master's thesis, Marietta College, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1241125761

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)