School

1
School
2
Middle School

• Transition-7 points
• Set-up
• Self
• Teachers
• Size
• How goes it??
• Autonomy
• The ups and downs why???
• Carnegie Corp. Report (1995, 1996)

3
High School

• Transition
• Trends

4
Achievement

• Cultural Comparisons
• Gender
• Learner-centered Education

5
Motivation and Achievement

• Weiner
• Intrinsic/Extrinsic-Flow
• Attribution Theory
• Internal/external
• Stability/instability
• Controllable/uncontrollable
• Goals(Dweck)
• Mastery-goals
• Performance-approach goals
• Performance-avoidance goals

6
Parents and Teachers

• Parenting Style
• Teacher-expectationsSelf-fulfilling Prophecy

7
Tracking

• What is it?
• The and
• Detracking

8
School Choice

• Magnet schools
• Charter Schools
• Voucher Plans

9
Dropping Out

• Outcomes
• Fall outs
• Why does everyone have to graduate???
• Characteristics
• Pull out and push out