An explanatory study of teachers' perceptions of motivation, behaviors, and academic performance among foster care students in elementary and middle schools, 2010

Todd, Pamela

2010-2019

This study examined teachers perceptions of motivation, behaviors, and academic performance among foster care and non-foster care students in elementary and middle schools. Eighty-five (85) teachers were selected to participate in the study. The participants were composed of teachers in the Atlanta metropolitan area who teach foster care and non-foster care students in elementary and middle school. The survey questionnaire utilized was a four-point continuum Likert scale. The findings of the study indicated that among foster care and non-foster care students, there was a statistically significant difference between motivation and behaviors, there was not a statistically significant difference between academic performance and motivation, and there was not a statistically significant difference between academic performance and behaviors.

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2010-05-01

dissertation

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Clark Atlanta University

School of Social Work, Social Work Policy Planning and Administration

Lyle, Richard
Wsymer, Robert W.
Mitchell, Hattie M.

Clark Atlanta University

Georgia--Atlanta

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2010_todd_pamela