The Effects of Critical Thinking Pedagogy During the Ninth Grade on High School Dropout

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dc.contributor.advisorMartin, Steven Pen_US
dc.contributor.authorBoccanfuso, Christopher Michaelen_US
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-08-03T13:29:46Z
dc.date.available2005-08-03T13:29:46Z
dc.date.issued2005-03-01en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper tests existing educational theory regarding the effectiveness of interactive pedagogy in order to determine the predictive ability of interactive pedagogy during ninth grade math and English classes towards graduation. This is done using a mixed methods approach which examines correlations between student teacher interaction and dropout through logistic regression models using data from the Philadelphia Educational Longitudinal Study (PELS), and qualitatively links interactive methods examined in the quantitative section (and some not examined) to pedagogy the sample of Philadelphia ninth-grade students find effective. Quantitative results provide strong evidence that low student-teacher interaction predicts a higher probability of dropout, as well as make suggestive connections between interactive methods and graduation. The qualitative results link both the non-interactive methods as part of the "pedagogy of poverty" and in-class discussion to pedagogy which students find effective in creating attachment to school, confirming the quantitative findings. Implications for educational theory are discussed.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/2347
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEducation, Sociology ofen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSociology, Public and Social Welfareen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDropout en_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPedagogy of Poverty en_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTransition Yearen_US
dc.titleThe Effects of Critical Thinking Pedagogy During the Ninth Grade on High School Dropouten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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