Abstract
The purpose of this research was to identify the extent to which a high school freshman transition program aligned with research based recommendations and to determine the extent to which the intervention impacted persistence to the tenth grade, on-track-to-graduation status, and academic success. Documents relevant to the program were collected and analyzed for research based themes. Students in the program at the target school were compared to students in a similar high school and a historical cohort of students who attended the target school. The impact of the course was statistically significant for persistence to the tenth grade, on-track to graduation status, and academic success; however ANOVA found statistical significance favored Algebra 1 EOC and not FCAT Reading. Effect size statistics revealed little to no effect among Freshman Experience and the dependent variables. These findings will help school-level and district administrators design research-based transition interventions which encourage academic success and graduation.
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Graduation Date
2016
Semester
Summer
Advisor
Taylor, Rosemarye
Degree
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
College
College of Education and Human Performance
Department
Teaching, Learning, and Leadership
Degree Program
Educational Leadership; Executive
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0006684
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0006684
Language
English
Release Date
February 2017
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Flynn, Timothy, "An Investigation of the Academic Impact of the Freshman Transition Course at One Urban Central Florida High School" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5425.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/5425