In this paper we aim to investigate the relationship between school failures and early school leaving. The research objective was to verify, through the analysis of archive data of a sample of two high schools, whether the repetition of a school year somehow influenced early school leaving. Rather than encouraging students to engage more, repeating a school year has consequences like deterioration in school performance, problems in terms of social adaptation as well as a drop in motivation. What is more it could lead to a reduction in their self-esteem and perceived self-efficacy with respect to the educational path. Results show a statistically significant correlation between number of students who repeated a year and early school leaving, and no correlation between each of them and the number of students enrolled.
In questo articolo abbiamo voluto investigare la relazione tra fallimento scolastico e abbandono scolastico. L’obiettivo della ricerca era verificare, attraverso l’analisi dei dati di archivio di un campione di due scuole superiori, se la bocciatura, il ripetere un anno scolastico poteva influenzare in qualche modo l’abbandono scolastico. Piuttosto che incoraggiare gli studenti a impegnarsi di più, ripetere un anno ha conseguenze, come il deterioramento delle prestazioni scolastiche, influisce negativamente sull’adattamento sociale e determina un calo di motivazione, portando perciò ad una riduzione dell’autostima e della percezione di auto-efficacia degli studenti rispetto al percorso educativo. I risultati mostrano una correlazione statisticamente significativa tra il numero di studenti che hanno ripetuto un anno e l’abbandono scolastico precoce, e nessuna correlazione tra abbandono, bocciature e numero di studenti iscritti.
Failure and dropouts. An investigation into the relationship between students repeating a grade and dropout rates in Italy Bocciature ed abbandoni: uno studio sulla relazione fra bocciature ed abbandoni
Federico Batini
;Marco Bartolucci;Giulia Toti
2018
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In this paper we aim to investigate the relationship between school failures and early school leaving. The research objective was to verify, through the analysis of archive data of a sample of two high schools, whether the repetition of a school year somehow influenced early school leaving. Rather than encouraging students to engage more, repeating a school year has consequences like deterioration in school performance, problems in terms of social adaptation as well as a drop in motivation. What is more it could lead to a reduction in their self-esteem and perceived self-efficacy with respect to the educational path. Results show a statistically significant correlation between number of students who repeated a year and early school leaving, and no correlation between each of them and the number of students enrolled.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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