"Correlation of Scholastic Achievement and Intelligence with Attendance" by Raymond N. Nemoir
 

Date of Award

6-1969

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Education

First Advisor

George F. Donovan

Abstract

Regular school attendance is an important criteria upon which all facets of the entire educational system are based. The State of Wisconsin bases its school aids on average attendance, and the local school board computes its finances on a per pupil basis in average daily attendance. More important, the teacher plans his lessons on the basis that his pupils will be in attendance. In order to succeed in school and take advantage of the presence of a teacher, the student must be in school. The student with a poor attendance record is very likely to have a poor academic record. Within the last few years, more and more students have been establishing poor attendance records. The new compulsory education law, which was put into effect in 1965, makes it mandatory for all children to attend school until their eighteenth birthday. This law has certainly increased the high school's attendance problem. The percentage of absentees has been increasing year after year and will probably continue to increase. Along with the increasing number of absentees, one will also find an increase in the school's failure rate. The investigator of this study has noticed a definite relationship between attendance and scholastic achievement and intelligence. Evidence in previous research substantiates this relationship. Although there are other factors related to scholastic achievement, the investigator feels attendance is of primary importance. It is the purpose of this study to determine the extent of the relationship between attendance and scholastic achievement and intelligence in a large metropolitan high school.

Comments

A Research Paper Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Education Department, Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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