The Impact of Individualized Interventions for Chronically Absent Students

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dc.contributor.advisorWoods, Rebecca
dc.contributor.advisorWaynant, Louise
dc.contributor.authorJones, Catherine
dc.contributor.departmentEducationen_US
dc.contributor.programMasters of Educationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-13T20:23:19Z
dc.date.available2019-05-13T20:23:19Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-10
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to determine whether providing individualized interventions would help to reduce absences for chronically absent high school students. This study used a post-test only control group design to compare attendance of groups to whom individualized interventions intended to improve attendance were offered or not. The researcher hypothesized that the individualized intervention strategies that were implemented would lessen the students’ absenteeism rate. Thirty 12th grade students in an affluent suburban high school participated in the study, all of whom had at least five or more absences at the midpoint of the school year. These students were randomly assigned to either the treatment condition, wherein they received support and interventions intended to address the causes of their absences, or the comparison group, wherein they received no special or individualized support beyond those associated with typical school policy to address their absences. Each group consisted of 15 students. Results comparing the absence rates of the treatment and control group indicated the mean difference of -.267 days absent during the 15-day intervention was not statistically significant (t= -.493, p< .626), hence the null hypothesis was retained. Despite these statistical findings, the researcher’s experience and the literature indicate further research on how to help students choose and be able to attend school regularly appears warranted.en_US
dc.format.extent44 pagesen_US
dc.genreaction research papersen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2x7ue-t5io
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/13838
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relationMaster of Education
dc.relation.isAvailableAtGoucher College, Baltimore, MD
dc.rightsThis work may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain information or permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Goucher Special Collections & Archives at 410-337-6347 or email archives@goucher.edu.
dc.subjectChronic Absenteeismen_US
dc.subjectAttendanceen_US
dc.subjectIndividualized interventionsen_US
dc.subjectAbsenteeismen_US
dc.subject.lcshEducation -- Research papers (Graduate).
dc.titleThe Impact of Individualized Interventions for Chronically Absent Studentsen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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