- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Perceptions, discipline practices and academic achievement of urban male students, a survey of teachers in three selected schools of a large urban school system, 1999
- Creator:
- Green, Charcella C.
- Date of Original:
- 1999-07-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This study examined perceptions, disciplinary practices and academic achievement of urban male students. To this end, a survey of teachers was administered in three selected schools of a large urban school system. The study is based on the premise that the perceptions that teachers have of urban male students affect their disciplinary practices which subsequently affect students' academic achievement. The study variables include: race, gender and years of teaching (controlling variables); teachers' perceptions (independent variable); disciplinary practices (intervening variable) and academic achievement (dependent variable). The questionnaire was administered among 92 teachers during regular staff meetings at each school. The average time to complete the questionnaire was 10 to 15 minutes. Both univariate and bivariate techniques were employed for data analysis. Specifically, univariate measures included frequencies and percentaqes; and bivariate measures included two way cross tabulations and rank order corre�lation analysis. The study found that significant statistical relation�ships do exist between certain teachers' perceptions, dis�cipline practices and academic achievement. In other words, positive perceptions of urban male students generate teachers' attention to implement positive discipline practices. Teachers attempt to make discipline practices a positive learning experience. They also attempt to positively assess their students' academic achievement.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1999_green_charcella_c
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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