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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN A HIGH PERFORMING URBAN HIGH SCHOOL:
A CASE STUDY
by
Jane Yuguchi Gates
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
December 2009
Copyright 2009 Jane Yuguchi Gates
Object Description
| Title | Student engagement in a high performing urban high school: a case study |
| Author | Gates, Jane Yuguchi |
| Author email | yuguchigates19@yahoo.com; jgates@smmusd.org |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-08-24 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-10-05 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Gothold, Stuart E. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hocevar, Dennis J. Stowe, Kathy Huisong |
| Abstract | This study was conducted at a high performing urban high school to determine whether it had higher levels of student engagement and if so, what school factors contributed toward that engagement. Leadership, instructional practice, and school culture were examined in this study.; The high performing urban high school in this study was located in the eastern portion of Los Angeles County, California. It had been considered a high performing school district by the California Department of Education because of its rise in Academic Performance Index (API) scores and demonstrated success with subgroup populations.; The study was conducted using a mixed-method qualitative research design, collecting data through surveys, interviews, observations, and analysis of documents. The study incorporated the findings of a concurrent research project of Indiana University, High School Survey of Student Engagement/HSSSE, which was used as a secondary data source. Triangulation of data was possible using multiple methods of data collection.; The study found that strong leadership of the administrative team and content area teacher crews developed effective instructional practices that had an impact on student achievement and engagement, especially in establishing an emotional tie to the school. The High School Survey of Student Engagement found moderate levels of student engagement at the site. |
| Keyword | urban; high performing; high school |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2641 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Gates, Jane Yuguchi |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Gates-3277 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume56/etd-Gates-3277.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN A HIGH PERFORMING URBAN HIGH SCHOOL: A CASE STUDY by Jane Yuguchi Gates A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2009 Copyright 2009 Jane Yuguchi Gates |
