Academic failure factors in the third base girl students in Ahwaz

پژوهش نامه مبانی تعلیم و تربیت

Article 3, Volume 06, Issue 1, October 2005   

Document Type: پژوهشی

DOI: 10.22067/fe.v6i1.1847

Author

hossien elhampor^*

Abstract

This Study was carried out to identify the major factors contributing to dropout amang 3rd grade junior High school girl students in the city of Ahvaz in the academic year 2001 / 2002. 200 students who had failed their courses at least once were randomly selected from the total popula tion of failed female 3rd graders of the city of Ahvaz. Two measures were used to collect data: (1) a questionnaire consisting of 95 items exploring the causes of dropout and a measure to provide an index determing situation of academic failure among the target population. Fac tor analysis of the data yielded 6 factors, explaining 43.8% of the questronnair's variance. Based on their roles in the amount of variance
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they explain, the factors are 1) Teaching related problems, 2) familial problems, 3) curricular (content) problems, 4) physical and mental health problems, 5) general problems, and 6) educational administrative problems. All 6 factors had satisfactory reliability and validity. The 6 factors significantly correlated with number of times students had failed. Male student junior High school third grade J. Grade famale students major factor contributing to dropout among junior High school third girl students in the city of Ahvaz
Keywords: Acodemic dropout, Girl high school, Ahvaz