Students and individuals
Attitudes to school life: Their influences and their effects on achievement and leaving school
- Item:
- 1886
- Title:
- Attitudes to school life: Their influences and their effects on achievement and leaving school
- Authors:
- Gary N. Marks, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
- Publication date:
- 1 September 1998
- Type:
- Research report
- Themes:
- Students and individuals > Careers and pathways > Attitudes to learning
- Students and individuals > Learner groups > Young people
- Students and individuals > Student achievements and outcomes > General
- ISSN:
- 1440-3455
- ISBN:
- 0 86431 315 2
This report investigates students' attitudes to school life: firstly, possible changes over time; secondly, the influence of individual and school level variables on attitudes; and thirdly, the effect of these attitudes on achievement and leaving school. The four dimensions of attitudes to school isolated here are students' general satisfaction with school, their attitudes to their teachers, their views on the opportunities their school provides, and their sense of achievement. Research report no. 5 This report, published by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), is party of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) research program.
