LAMGF. LIL-KAf, , Of rDlJCAMOM UNIVERSITT or CALIKO:-\NIA BERKELEY. CALIFOHNIA. *1 ^JyiM^ A study of. absences in relation to grades and mental ratings Bernice Bowman Scovell A.B. (Colorado College) I9l6 THESIS ubmitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS in Education in the GRADUATE DIVISION of the UNIVKRSITY OF CALIFORNIA Appro V ed T ' ■ \i \-\ ^. \ t '.\ [ ;. .; ; Instructor in charge. Deposited in the University Library Date Librarian L A ^ k Jk k I Jiiiiiliiiiis. Introduction 1 Attencl.'xnce, rclatiosi to intelii:^ence and other fp.ctors. 1 ',*orrei.'iip '/ ley era S Coaauisbioner of duc^tion ourtea 9 -efectH ;-nd "ro/^reso Ayers /,x. iijck of /.greeueiit oource !u\d iJeloctioit of .• t.a oeniur Hi{^ lichool Tests f-> and aueigiied ratin^rs com uired 26 Table XI, 27 Attendance and .-r-ides , 28 I. iB. nnd fitteadftiice 28 Tfible XII ( n) 29 ■\-ibie Ail (v>) 30 AbBetiice .md auaifjied i^r. des 3I 'r.ble All I 1. ^. , scholarahi-1 and median days of 32 absence. Table /.IV 33 Difference between I. 'i, and i>c>iolri.rshiT> with laedian days o^^ absence 34»3I? Table XV. 36 Canacity and effort c ran- '.red 36 Jjiffect of Absence on Scholar shin y/ Personal observntiuns , five 37 Sunsmi'.ry • ;>ix conclu^jio b, 3;^ ,4-0 SUv^gestions 4-0,41 Amcndix 43 I, T?ibliop;rf>nV,y. 4i,44 H. Drtr; used. 41>-ii3 A ;^UDY OF ADSf':SCES IW RKLAl'ION TO OKAPKS /IND KE«T/^L RATIHOS. IWTRODUCTIOM /Vttend«ince hqs alw«»y8 been considered essentioil to good school V/ork, The relation of attendance to Intelllf^ence and to school nrndes Is a very Import t\nt problem, ilow t^ at we have both intelligence ratings and class fp^ades It becor-«s possible to get an answer to tVls problem, Uhen a student is absent either be- cause of lllnesn or lazlneas, tlie fact thqt be has ralssed his clasP exercises should seriously affect his class standing, lie misses the instruction, inspiration, co- orx^ntlon, explanations, asGlgnwents, drill, in fact, if the school should exist at all it ivould seom that It should be attended, UORRt;L\TION OF 0R4DKS AuD III /ILTIi That there has been a close relationship betv.eon 111 health and school fprades hat; long been dlscunsed,' It ^qB not hern sqtlsf qctorlly proven thqt there ts q ▼ery bir;h correlation between f^rqdes of ill hoqith, but It V^ts be ^n shotn thnt 111 health doer, effect t}ie Gcbool < work, esoeclTilly the j^rqdea. Thin factor in attendince has not been the subject of much study in the High schools. The I'lch School has been considered important because rt its subject ni'^tter, t^ierefore grades have orobably been considered niore important thqn attendance, health and other general factors. Since compulsory education lav. s are forcing more students into the High schools, a study of attendance in secondary schools becoir«s more import ant . Causes of irregular attei^idajijce, '^ . Irref^lar attendance might be found due to nurier- ous factors. The occupations and financial status of the student and his parents have considerable influence. ' If both parents are employed,' ouite naturally the home Influence is n-^t felt as Greenly as v;V>en the mother finds no other duties outside the home, ' If the child is an orphan, ?.ith one parent employed, the sai^ condition, except in very unusual cases, v-ould exist. 111 healt-h on the pirt of eitl)er or both parent g often neces; ttites frftouont absence is v.ell as 111 iiealth on the pgrt nf the pupil bi isGlf . Cuite often hoine duties, because of parental employment or illness, necessitates the pupil remaining at hOi.ie at Irregul^ir intervals ft 1th the con- sent of the parent, Tlien too, Irreg^ular attendance is found qjtiong pupils whose lio:;»es arc not effected by finan- cial needs, a distaste for school activities leads 3 it lor to truancy or absence because of a very slight excuse. But essentially, absence is caused by actual 111 health, oving to our stringent attondartce laws if truqncy offi- cers co-of>o'r te with the school officials and parents of the students, ... C, Reeves of t , Loiiio, ilir>aouri, aaoerta that there "is a consistent relationship between physical de- fects ^nd class standing, that the normal child excolls those bavins ohyslcal defects, although tlie advantage in completed v.ork is not as rmrked as that in clatss standing. 1, . G, U^ovns: :-;ierientar?f school Journ-il, Vol, 15, The Kolatlon betv een Physical Health Conditions of Children and their School ProKreas, th->t children jn-^rked one in nutrition stqnd bic;her than those m^srked t?;o, Pbysicql defecto, 'jttendince qnd clqss st«indlng are conducive to intermlttant absence, v'llch In M>e conirse of the school ye^r Is destructive to q hi her nerccnt^go of «ittend?^nce. The results of inter- mlttant attendance m«»y not be seen in the prnp^resa from gr-ide to gride, yet triey gre evident In tlie standing of ^ the individual in tlic cl^isa," Thii5 is domonatrated in Mr, Iieove*s table in which 34,9/i of tlis puoils in Glaus I. have 95^ In attendance, while in Ca^sa il they hiva 25.5>iJ and in Class Hi, 16.3>», He groups the students absent 54;i of ths school period or less, and 7,8;^ of them qre in group III, <5,2>* in group II <^nd l;-* in group I, Mr. Reeves states furtiaer that "these fqcts in- dicate a casual relationship betveen p>iyslcal condition and attendance, and a high correlation bett^een higher standing in class and a high percentage in attendance; . t'lqt physlcnl condition, attendance and home environment as a rule are related factors, that they seldon act as units on the ».ork of children in school and because of this a correlation that v ould even apiaroach mathematical accuracy vould be difficult to establish. as In most cat^os It would be Irnposarole to Isolate the dilffcrence In tlieir TDearing to school progress, lioifcevor ti:-e ntudy does not point out that correlatioi betv.Gon any of the factors ^nO. c5n<\raGtor of vork done in school Is -positive nnd as such noi^lts the careful consideration of idrninlstrators* supervisors and teachers." Ir'r, Keoves considered children of t^yo first el^ht grades . 2 Dr. Gornelle'o investigations determine that there is not much difference in the grades of defective* children and normal. This would have some bearing upon attendance, as normal children are logically more regu- lar in attendance than the sub-normal. The tables of Dr. CorncllQ give the folloving results: Percentage in Studies, Normal Children 75 Average Children 74 General Defectives 72,6 Adenoids and enlarged ton.silc 72 2, Cornelle. The Psychological Clinic, January 1908, lut In 'mother r/:.udy Ccrnolle found tbat tlie ii«r- cent of dofcctivss waa hli-;ht>r anions; students no'> exempt fro,.! cxau'iinitl nu th^n !5/,ionn thoso oxeimpt, Dr, fiieuiaeyer of Philadelphia, In a sifiiilar study ae qir)ted hy In, p. A?/rss in his article considering children ©xeriiyt and non-oxempt froi; exaialnitlon, found that the brii^irter children seemed to be afflicted about the sxTte as those less bri;:;ht, nlf>o that tlicx'e ia little difference betieen defective ho.-s and ^irls, Tlie study brings o'jt t]n fact that "'rotii-'ded and ^' oS^q a^e pupils have fewer defects than normal pupils". (Use if in iiu- port-^nt factor, for ¥:er of defect ivos amorj,':^ dull children does not differ from the number ajiong bright children, but the dull child is found to be more dcfoctive in degree." DEFKCTS Mil) RliT-^PD-^IOW. In a srtudy in New Jersey by Superintendent J. S, Bryan of t^o thousand twenty children, found in the same 3, \yrc£., L. i . ^uerlcan Physical . lucation i\evletj. Vol. 14, Physical Defects md bchool Progress. article, thit er - grades. ir. iiry-tn states Ir? hi a couciusion^ "V© have 8hoc?n that physical defects decrease ritb age, th}t be Contri""'!!''' '.>r"'r Ir nb,'-,;>nfii; • rid-i ;^oct. ly, 'V'hc? ^.vr. •■yvn <-.Th(^T*- woven. In a re?cent report of the Cormnissioner of duca- tlrn, '. ashinnton, of tlie per cent of the school term -^ not attended by tlie pupils of tlie United States, 25,4?t of the achrol tprvi V. as I Titer*, 'j he loiest >>ercentage 4, i^eyers; ...cftBurini^ ;..inds - uoteon and Gaapany, was In Indiqnflk, 7,1;&, the highest 41, It* In Kentucky, Cilifornla is recorded twenty seventh In the Hat f;lth "^ 28,5^, o, C. Courtes^ of Detroit in his «jrtlcle, s^ya that in the gvorq c school system <»bout forty per cent of the children mqke the s<5une or lover scores it tVie end of the ?rear gtnd that only one child in five rmkes n between Fhysical 'and ontal'^Crroi.th. G, (iyrae, Leonordx A^uerican Physicnl Kduc^ktlon Revieti, Vol, 15, V;l\tinn hv^it-.e-'r! Phyalcal Defects -Mid School Progress, the number of ye^ira necessary for eight gridee; Kinds of Defects iiumber of Ycgrs. Hone 8 Vision 8 Teoth 8.5 Bregtliinf; 8,6 Tonells 8.7 4denolds 8.1 "nlTTged glnnds 9,2 One half of the children have defective teeth, one in r.even defective breath nr^, one in four defective tonsils, one in eight adenoids and one half of them en- larged plands. In another article on the relation of tjchc^l and college to liealth, Mr. ^yert says "Our health Is hr:tter than thrst cf a generation a/re, statist ice nhoc vr are rtronc^er, longer lived nnd Inrrrer t^an cjr for'^f ntvors, '►■'ven the collefre f^lrl ic larger, rioro rcsey, less nerTcws than'lior seminary predecessor. The School must deal i;lth the physical as veil as tl>e r'^ntal man," \G health bears a dose relntiort to attendance. It is a most lmporta>^t factor to he fionridered. It is obvious fron the study of these cgtsea that there is q lac'.r of ^tgreement. The relationships v-ere est ah 11 shed In the ^ibovc Instances in terms of t^ndes In school r or!? nnd <»ttend9oce records. Nor It v ojid seem thqt the teqcher often •^llo«.'s the nttendqnce re- cord to be a detcrmlnln/^ factor, esTeclally If thot re- cord Is poor and the student in r.'^nd henilth. fruer discussion Is derived from a comnarltion of the cnpaclty of the student and his gr-^dos. This cmibln'^tlon v ill possibly ^,1^6 a clear Insight Into tl:!0 relafclonfjaip. Kov; we not only have the students attentonce record and Is grades, but his actual Intelligence rating found by standardized mental tests. There rrrust bo soine re- lation bet57Gen them and montil tests, Lo our schools of today deal ».lth the physical as fcell as the mental man successfully? Is it possi- ble to get this point of view and Its relation to lntelli>- gencs and the high school grades from tha study of attend- ance? SOURCE \>^D r-ilL^CTIOtv OF D^TA. The d?ita for this study ftas gathered iron a senior nir,h School of seventeen hundred pupils, qbout f'-urteen hundred of rbosn had been given mental tests which rere available at the time of the study, rhe tests that had been given and tm results of ».hicb. v. ere available in the files cere the 4rmy Mpha, Form c^ven, the Oakland Edition form A of the Otis and the rerman Test Form E, Of the canes studied one Imndred seven* teen eerc Terman, thirty seven Alpha and live were ->t;ls tests, ot ing to tlie fact that it v;as not possible to select the three distinct types of students, su^^rlor, aver ape and below average frrsn nne type f test. It seemed adviDable to do this, for tl-je correlation of the three tests runs fairly ' irjh, Tlie study is niore definitely def Ixjed by confining tlie Cases strictly to the three groups and using the three teets^ rather than have the types selected entirely fro-oi one test and merge gradually from one group to anotr'ci'. In a study . Illci7 finds tl>e correlitlon between the lernian 7. The Twenty-First Yeir Book of the natl< nal Socic^ty for the ^tudy of Iducqtlon:- Si^lller, fe. S,: Administrative Use of Intelllr,ence in the High Schools, qnd e qb'^ve is qs reliable ^is if the "'errian Tost '>nly hqd been used in the study. In a Tunl'r High school study,' other tests correlh9hetiC':>ll'r nrran^d and the attendance r^^cord for tho f ntlrc rchool for ti-re^ --ears (>ein<':^ the longest nsrlod any ore student had been in schnnl) war. e::anilned in order to secure their respective records, '!-be at- tendance records vere Hcept lr» h-olcs, tv. o for a '"'^riod of fo'.ir TPe'-s, In rhlch the nnne of "^ach student v-as; re- 7, rabno, . r. : The Use oi" Intelligence restr. in the -Tunior ^'ir' i?ch'-els. corded tith his nttendanc© history foi' pqch oorloc! nf the day. This aystea rce«>nt tlie survey of sixty such Voles, ond the number of tlines absent, the distribution of iibsensep., and the roae ns ivhere oosPlble eer?? care- fully notr.d. Tlie schol«*sblp rec'^rd for each punll for his entire period In hlc^ school fcas then securfjd froai the Secretary's flleo, Fro-.n this record his scholarship averane vas found. ks the grades were indicated by a nuTnerlcal system (I.e. 1, 2, :■}, 4, 5,) the scholar- ship average nas found by multiplying the number of ones by n"ne, tTos by eli;ht, tlorees by se^rorj, fours by six and fives by zero. ihc r'=;sultlnf>; nroAucts tiere e»dded torrefeher and divided by the number of grades re- corded. Table one reives the covdplcte process of se- curing the Rrade index. t«blt; I. EnRllch (l«i) I (lb) I Mathematics (Sc ) I II LanGuage (5b^) I 9 X 11 « 99 (2cl) II 8x3 ■ 24 (5c2) ^■-'^rm (3b) ijornestlc Scionce I II I J. (la) (2c) etcetera. reproaent Univeroit-y nopienclature cnl^, as -or.':>d on tho recoi'd cards. In English tliis particular student bad tl^ree ones. In Mathematics a one ind <> tv-o. In i>orrtestic Science tro 0-C3 and a tv;o, in Language five -nes ^nd ^ne tv.o, Rjnklng a total of eleven ones and three tvos. 1 be tctal number of ones las ;ttultlplled by nine and the total num- ber of tftos by eight. li-je sjuia of these icroducta war; one hundred twenty-three, ibis result v. gs divided by fourteen, tiv? total nur^ibcr of grades conalderoc, sl'^'lns a result of 8«78« j-Iie decimal polit vi«id ?\ (jc.rel'^. tlcn of ,657, tqbie two. 'ixBU-: I. ^ - airvriq. ^x y) . 14.354.?. « 1.9 75.25 « - 1 12.^81 nn -' T j^t^CX •y'^ 3 :hl£ caefficlent of correlation qgrees Mth others frund in reoent studies. In q study ^ JJ, R, Trabue,^ assistant Professor of tiducition, TeacViers OoXlerfi, Colum- bli, Iz found tK r.cliolJii'ahl.'j co-.-rc-lRt ioji bfrl.v eon \ he Ths abovo nothod la one used by /rrofeaoor J. B. Breit- r.leser In the Coinpilitl'-n of thP Thorndike College 'ntrnncc iegts -A t'te University of Calif ornl--*, tWb- llRbed by tb«^ TJolvertjlty of 0-^ltfornl«» Press, herkelev, ; ivj-^ry 192'J, : :-:t7 First fenr i^ook. Tr-^buo, ;,R, - Intelligence Testiun In Junlon I'lnb .^ho-l; ^in t.^st f^nd scbnlarshlp to l^e »5S5 v-Mrln i;. nij^^e coTir 1 st ?int. T'lth ^^-he iibov^ correlntlrn. om- i-^rlson, t^"? ;a©nti::Tieter score b ^nc; Scholarship fnllas Irv ^r .450. In an-^t.lier etrcTy found in tl.. ^ ^m ./.■•:, ■^, >-. ........ i 10 ''7 'l^cssie Lee Gamtull of disk Jersey State Normal, the correl'ticn of .56 appears, between the 'i.horndik© teat scrre -^nc? *"''''" first Beinester of Kormal School vork. In or!o*-h»r study of the firct ncmcster mnrks of five hundred frp?lT:ner of E.: - \dnlnist.rqtive Use of IntolHf,ence Tonta, TABIr. III. Correlation of I, o, ind wera.-^ (irade. {In rjro'jjpg of 55, qncendlng order r^f I,'^.) Groups Correlation Lowest ,1:3 plus f;edlqn (i.;inus) ,07 plus? lIlG'Test ,14 plus The sorrslition betvecn the l-^^r>'^. •^roup is obvious but for *bp GTi-sll ci'oup tb'sro s qw« to be little or no* ce;'relatl-n. Uslnj^ the same 4«t9, but in th« descond- ir}<-: rrdor of i^rndec, thorc rgs istlll. no corrolntion; table four. CorrelTtlon of I.C* ^.ricl Average n-i^^/je !jr- ou p C or re 1 at 1 on IllgViCst ,29 plus •ledtnn .09 minus Lovost ,04 This simply corroborq-i-eg tVo fncts in the groiips of cor el^t ions In t«sblo three. The Iqck of ccrrolgitlon sU':;gested plotting tlie curve Bind «.e found the curves lrregul«ir, table five. Since this is true v/e cgn ^ot expect a bif^lier co-efficient of correlation. Hovever if all ire talcen together, -and all cases included, the distribution would be more near- ly normal, tlous justifying the correlation of .557, I.0< T/^LK V Distribution of I, Qs, Cases 70-74 xxxxx 75-79 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx SO- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx BS- xz 90- 95- 100- xxxx 105- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: 110- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: 115- xxxx 120- XX 125- xxxx loO- 155- xxxxxxxxxx 140- 145- XX 150- xz 155- X 160- X otal ' 15^ ifumber , 5 14 24 2 5 4 28 30 4 2 4 23 10 2 2 1 1 DISTRIBUTION OF I.Qs. The distribution of Inteillf^ence ouotlentR In table five are marked in groups of five, the first group from seventy to seventy four, contains five cases; the second, seventy five to seventy nine, contains fourteen cases; the third, elglity to eighty four, etcetera. In table six, the distribution of intelligence nuotlents Is torlced out in groups of ten, Prwti seventy nine there are nineteen cases, elf^hty to el^-hty nine, ttonty six Cases et cetera. In this group the median Intelligence ouotlent Is found to be one hundred nine, the lowest intelligence quotient, seventy, the highest one hundred sixty n'ne, w'^king a difference of forty three betv,een the first and the fourth, and a difference of eighty one between the lowest and the highest; table seven , TABLE VI. I. Q. C rases 70-79 19 3©-89 26 90- 3 100- 32 110- 34 120- 6 130- 33 140- 2 150- 3 160- TABIS VII 1^ Medlnn I. Q. 109 f\i art rile I 34 Quart rile IV 127 Lore St I. Q. 70 Highest I. . Q , 161. LBT-TER GRADES. For t!ie sako of convenience In describing; the stu- dents «k letter grade was assigned In terms of their In- telligence quotient and grades plus the c lass If Ic 'it Ion of their advisers. The oer cent nf letter grades was found In thirds of students accto'ding to Intelligence, In group A, ninety four per cent v-ero in the hlgliest third and six percent in lowest. In group B, seventy five per cent v.ere In the highest group, twenty five in the Riedi ■•n group. In the C plus groups seven por cent v.ere in the hJLghest, eigTity eight in the ifiedlan and five in the lowest third. In group C, .<»ie hundred per cent came in the lov.est third, in Group D, tvo per cent In the high- est, none In the middle third and ninety eight In the low- est. This demonstrates sotne correlation between teacher *£ grides nna intelligence tests. The inental test results of the Individual students are ;enerally unlanown to their class teachers, i^one of the students rated A, or B, or in the first and second section, fall in the lowest third. Those in the third section plus, tlK5 C plus (p?oup, come largely in the median group, a larger per cent In the upper than in the lov,er. The C and C minus grades gall entirely in the lovest third, as do tlie D graden, tlth the exception of tv«o per cent which surprisingly fnlls in the highest third, table eight. TABLE VIII. Letter Grade Highest Third Middle Third Lov;est Third k 94jg 6^ B 75% 25?& c+ 7% 88^ 5^ C- lOOfa D 2% 98% The tvlrty blnhcr than that of the C group, ilsr higher thin the C olus and B r;roup. In the list of lovest Intelllcence ouo- tlents, they also aere In the descending; order, ns were the as'^lr.ned rf^tings, v 1th the exception of the Case of the A and B group. The lowest intelligence ouotlent in the A group »as 107 rhlle in the B group it cas 110; table ten. TABTJ2 X Assigned Rating Median I.Q. Highest I.Q. Lof est I.e. Number of caaes. A 132.5 IGl 107 48 B 116.5 123 112 4 c+ 100 114 96 56 c 100 103 96 5 c- 89 1 D 80 133 70 45 Tlie a-une group were put together Rith reference to ncholarshlp according to assi^pied rating. The high- est grade v^r, one hundred, in group A, v^hile the lowest vae sixty eight, i>e C. group. The median grade in C plus and C groups are the same, and the median grade of C minus is greater tian the median grade of both C plus and C, The lov-est grade in the D group is eou'^xl t tlie lowest grade in tlie C plus group, table eleven. Eidlticn3 of dlffsront sohooln, home onvlron- in'^r.'- ■nnd tbc economic condition of the students. I. Qs. AND ACTKifD Alios. The f^ne hundred fifty nine Cases i ere segregated Into three groups according to Intel Tl-ence nuotlents, hlp.hest third, middle tbftd ind lovest third. The median nuinbor of absences in esich {^oup r;ere about the sgrne, t>ie lovest number of absences in e«ich group v;as zero, while the groatest number of absences occured in t>ie highest third, f e«.er In tlie middle group -ind then a.G'^eater nuinbor qggiin in the lousat third; tabic twelve. It it possible th^t those in the middle group have better health? Or is it that those in the upper i.roup foel less in the need of attending school, while thasa ia the lowest group find it irksonte? TABLE XII (3) Attend v)ce by Thirds of student r. Group accrrdinrt to I. Ps, J^edign wumber of absences Lor est Nuribsr of absences Greatest humber of absences 50,25 OR'ing tc the fact thnt one case, vhgt of 59,25 ab- serces was rather except i"n9l, it seened odv^sa^ftle to omit the highest numtoer of rsch group to see if there Eaa any difference in the results; table tv.elve, b. Highest Third WlddlG Ti ird Lc^.est 1 t.ird 1.5 2.0 2.75 1 50.25 21.5 00.75 iiif^hest Third Middle Third Lov. e st Third. S 1.5 2.25 2,5 34,75 20.5 Z^2.b TABUS XII (h) We 41 an i>iuinber of absences 1.5 Lowest XJumber Greatest Mu-nber The results are practically the soaie as those of table tr-elve (a). The median number of absoncea shot.' n allf^ht v«rrlitlon of ttenty five hundredths in the m'ddle gnd last group. Th© lovest number of absences still l5 ze^o, t?hll«=» t>>e gresteet r:Tedlan number of ab- sences continues to be the hlp;l)est, in tl^ '.-ighest third, ftliiost ar. Mf,h in the lor.est third, t'hlle the greatest nuviber of absences Is the least In tl>e ailddle t ird. Tfclp s'lbstantlgites the state-nent previ-usl:?- made thst children of raedlocro ability are ;r.ore regular it? attend- ance becQ'jse of thPlr recognition of the fact that they p;qln b"^ regular attendance, those in the A group find It unneces'^'orT irsd t'^o^^p of the third group find it irksome. So those highest In lntelll,2ence tend to h-ive the r.roat- est- numhor -f tibsoncos, efpeciqll:/ since t^ho case of the greatest nurnber of absences, fifty nine, »ts exco'^tlonal. th-st of a student of extremely poor iTO^ilth l)ut good niental r«»tinn. There is not, liov.ever, en^ur,h difference to msloo a definite conclusion, but it indicates thnt low intelligence tends toRord irregular attondvice. In t^ibulqt i.rir'; ^. -o d^ys of absence according to «88lr;ned g«ides, the inedlan number of absences in the uooer (proyp ras 1,5, In the median group it was 2,tj and in t^e lof/eat third 2,5, The gt'oateat number of ab- sences in the hlgliest intelligerjce "uotient group Kas 34,75, oralttinic; tVie case of 59,25 absences, in ti^ .aiddle group it ?.no 21,5 and in tne lowest 53.75; tablo, -jliirteen, 'Hki^L'. XIII. Da"^s of 4bsence According to As.^igned iiradOB, Assigned grades Median Number Greatest Least Number Absences iluiibar i-iumber of Cases, (av,7D or 52 or Highest Third 1.5 (34,75 53 Middle Third 2.5 21,5 53 Lovcrt Tiiird 2.5 o5,75 53 -■'i.. OL-li-lJ v:-)-^;. liTMH ^.:'.; 3 ■lOi^ 'ir.'i^:' C...1T. T-iiC .KCl.lle RTOup realize their deflclercles and a'rtend regularly; the upper find It not so necessary to attend regularly tp retain Vigh standards; tlio Ic^eat group find it irk- fane. The lowest number of absences v.a£ sero in c^ch e^-oup. I. Q., SCBOLARSHIP AWD INDIAN DATd OP ABtiSWCE. The intelligence auotlont and scholarship were tabulated in such a »9.y, as to shot; the median of days absent frori each group, tabic fcurtsen. The caseL ?iere grcooed acoordlns to ccliolarshlp^ In sections of five points fran one iaandred to sixty, T^ach of these s3Ctions was divided Into thirds ace .rdin;;- to intelligence ouotlentj highest third, median and lowest third. Then faa .nedlan days of absence of each group vvas determined. :hcre i-as but r-ne CTse of 100% scholarship, found in the hi;;b3St Intelligence group with no absences. Tbcro v&ve no cases in the 9f>-99 group. The 90-94 £;roup the i;iedian doya of absence v.io 6.265, This vras In tlie hlghost in- telligence ouotlent group v.hlch contained only t?;o cases. In the 85-R9 group the median day.-s of absence Is 11,125. This group had rlxten cases. In the middle tl.ird the nedlon of dq*'S ofi nbeenco wrra 1,5, rlfh flvo cases. The niedlan In the lovest tMrd rnR zoro, ; 1th tvo caoes c^^nsldered, -+. cotor^. It is impoc:-lble to establish n '3r?flnlte concl'inicn Tvrm taV-le foui'teen. T&BIE XIV. Table by I. Q. and Scholarship shov Ing the median of days of -absence for each group, (-) The rmmber of cosies, , Groups, scholarship Highest Third aildla Third 100 "(1) 95-9?? r,.695<2, 00 -'^4 1.125 1-^10) 1-^5) ^•'^(12> ^(2) 30-34 6«5 (15) ^•0(23) 3.75jy) 75-70 ^-^^3) ^•''^(3) ^•'^(20) 70-74 ^•°(li l-^(o) 1.75, (lb) 65-G9 11.1^5^,^ =^•'^^(5) 60-64 ^•^'^4, DI?}?F,RnKC5 Hr:T EEl'I I. ^. Ain? SCHOLARSHIP, VITI! !.ni:DI^! DAYS OP ^SS^HCK. I'ben the cxic 'v-v.-"li.:i. r nr; -^ V"V.l^.*cd In j^roupr; of ten, ?«3Cordlng to tlie differences betreen tlie IntelllceTice ouctient ?ind scholarship, the greateet differonce belnG set'enty-n^.nc ?ind the lot/cot a negative nine. 7.heY v ei'C divided Into tliree 1 -te lllecnce Quotient groupr. and. tlie medl'^n dn-^rv, of absence noted for each fproup. In the hlri'ifist difference tiroup, riiere wore tv. cases, t}ie Median days of absence noted 5.55? there were none in tlie rilddle and lm;est third. In the 60-69 group, seven cases rere In the highest third, the n»di£3:'i days of absence ?;ere 1,'^5, again 1^8 find no ca£«s In the middle and lowest t'aird. In ^lie 50-59 group, seventeen ca^es were in the Idg'iest t>-»lrd, ?fedian 1.5 with ho cases In. the other two sections. In ^hf> 40-49 f^oup f/ere eighteen cases In the highest third, »ith a median of /:J.25, seven caces in the noddle tlird, nedi-an ;3,5 gnd no cases In the third ,:^roup« For the first time we have cases in each group in the o0-39 difference section. The greatest number of cases begins to appear in the central group, diralnishes and lin^lly disappears until ^n the cases are in the third np?oup. Prom this ?7e r6»s corrective f^yirinnclu-i, ;ives advice on the subject of heslth, h^p;lene, proper conditions for studYlnn and co-oner^tes vith the adviser of the s^uients In tho r>renQron:' better than the Intelllcence puotlente and tc^d'^^r's ratings. (2) Tlie teacher's grncien anu -< ro ?. il^jp-^cn '^n '^■'- 1 -< > - ? cor* rel-»+-e, but It Ir ->nt n •7'^rv Mrrh corrolat l-^n. (3) Ths attendance beooraes more regul^ir as ^e go from high to median intelligence ouotlent, and rn re Irre- fiular ae v.e go from median to lov. Intellip-ence quo- tient. (4) Attendance is ,icst irregular in tlie case of stucients vhose grades are considerably lov.er than intelligence quotients, (5) For the bright student, dlsrop-ancles betv.een grades and Intelligence ouotients have little or no effect upon attendance, (6) None of the conclusions have high en-ugh statistical probability to be considered as having any extra- ordinary influence upon attendance regulations and the grading system, tSUGGESriOWS, /\lthrugh practlcqlly t11 of our schools keep attend- ance records with accuracy, the detgilod account of attend- ance histories, , reasons for absence, the cause of leav- ing school, et cetera, vould do much In securing more specific results In a study of this sort and be of value to the administration of the individual school, as ^ell as the educational system as a whole. Data for indi- vidual cases is hard to secure, especially if ncae time has elapsed since fhe case occured. This 1 s being recocalzed In general and the tendancy Is to secure an accurate detailed record of tlie attendance hist cry of tl-e individual, Ve need not only the mental rating, tlie daily grades, the attendance record of tine student, but a more detailed personal history record, accurately Iccpt in en. junction v^ith them. /APPENDIX I. ^"ibliOf^r-n'-'Miy t; U5jfc(i lu tf'irj !.u(iy. J3 I H L 1 G R A P H Y. Ayrtis , L. 0.: American PhyBical ilciucntion iievievr. Volmne 1^; T»4(;e 19'/ • 'Physical Defects and Jichool I'rofjreea. liowdon , A. 0.: School rmO .Jociety, Volume 6; T>age 447, Kllrainfltion frow the f'if;h lichoolc of .jOuth Jikotc, ireit^vieser, J. V.: ITniveraity of C.-'lifornir TTesa. January, 1^;?.?, The Vhomdike 'Jolle^je tijntrpnce Tests of the University of California, Cornelle, 13r. i f'sychological Clinic, I^OH, Coioniissiouer of :;ducation, ashinf^ton, C C, Percent of lichool f'.nd College to Health. Courtes, 3. C: American Physical Education Kevie'v, Volurae P.P.. Physical nnd .iental (Jrowth. aoule, A. ;i. : iJchoul ileyiew, December 1903. Relation of uchool and Coll. r:e to Health, Karrin^on, T. P.; American rhyaical Kducation iievie?/; Voliuae 15, \mgfc 273. Ue.-ilth and Kducution, Meyers, 0. E. and ^ley>rB, 0. c. : Mewsome nnd Co. ileaBurin^i L'inds, Par 9 on u , li. D. &nd DhcTinard, ;. II.: tichool and i.ociety. Volume 3, nnge 27 1. Causes for Leaviup, ^^chool. Heevea, /. c. ; sleoientary ochool Journnl, Volume li?. The delation IVit./een TJhyaioal Health Conditions of Children and their r>chool ^ro^^rcso. iianford: rjental and Physical life of the iichool (;hild. Stevens, X. C.: School Revleo, Volume 24, pqge 450, Survey of Retarded Children. Tcrr/ian; Intellit^nce of the School Child, The T?,enty-f irst Yesir Book of the dgtlonql Society fen* the Study of i: due at Ion, V.alces, i. • S.: Scho-^l Reviev;, Volume 26, page 349. Failing Pupils In High School. DATA Wli.D iii Th'IS S'-ITDV. In listinjr the datn used in this study ve h.- ve six coiuinat 1. Vlie nuiaber of the utudf.nt asaitjned for idcntifi- C'^tioa. 2. 'ihe ^i;rour> rrtiriK or lettrr frr; de 7?hich w;>s foiaid in tejnas uf the intelligence QUotitnt ind grades T>ius the cl.'ssific;,tion of the advisors. 3. '^he intellif^.-n^e quotient. 4, 'he students clans ^.^rrde ex-oressed in the s?Mne terras r 8 the intf-llif;! nee quotient. ^. he difference between the; intelligence quotient ■ nd the cImss f^r^des. t>, I'he aui'iber of dnya .-.bsent. The last mentioned is c- rried out to tv/o deci- mal r)lacea becf-use of the consider tion of the frac- tional ^rurt of d.-ys Jibaent. ..tucient arouD i.... ;{atin{; . r.ide Abtieut 101 1^;^' ao 75 .25 14!^ 161 86 75 10.5 it; I3fi 77 6i 131 i.4<'5 7 61 .75 54 ■- V' 68 62 1. C?. x^7 82 65 1.25 10^ li^u l>5 <5 1.5 ;4 135 /^ 61 1. . *:; IPA 13P 76 (2 .. IP.'. iL^;? 100 52 0, 126 i.-^^> 7<^ 57 0. 90 134 80 54 0. li/- 139 86 53 »> 16^ 1 V1- 70 54 I. i6( U9 r^2 57 -. iiy 137 80 57 i.5 iij 131 75 56 1..5 25 132 82 50 2. iia 132 82 1,0 30 149 131 77 b4 5» tudent iroun 1. ,. i3i> • r de Uifference 58 j.ys . botnt 5.75 Lt^ 137 ya 5i^ 7.35 45 i3l n 54 i^;.25 19 A 135 /B 5'/ 32. 84 A 12/ '/5 52 34.75 148 '* 134 ;i7 4/ 0. 8 130 B/ 43 0. 107 130 ^3 4/ .25 128 130 {58 42 .25 i-1^ ^V 130 M8 42 .25 47 A 130 87 43 .5 lijO A 133 86 47 • 5 11 133 4 49 .5 iiV iU -5 46 i.5 9b A 125 85 40 3. 67 A 130 84 46 3.25 55 132 8i> 43 '•-i; 12 l26 82 44 164 A 133 )^ 43 . .25 ii,4 1-31 9 > 41 /. 68 121; 4 41 '- ' . •tuuent 34 Group liutiiit; • A 132 «5 ;iifercace 47 -iysj .vV>a(.nt 20. 5^ . B 123 75 48 2^.75 laa B il6 80 36 1.5 109 s\ 124 a^ 35 3.5 ly/ A 116 li 37 :^. 85 A llB »5 i.3 13. 61 B 11'/ /» )9 ^925 146 112 a3 2^ 12.7$ ^3 B 110 ya i2 19.25 10 A 1Q7 •/8 2^ 20.5 64 C nlu iJll4 75 39 2.> 3^^ c ^lll 3114 no 34 3. 1)0 ■:J 114 Mo H 4.5 ■>'l 114 82 32 .5 -M 105 /3 32 4. i>2 c >6 /^' 16 ^2.5 ^2 c 1 )4 /4 3> 0. 44 ij ^5 /6 1^ 6.25 121 1^3 // 26 7. '/6 u 100 a 23 ''4.75 36 G r»luali'^ '.'■ ) 30 0. tudent rtroup ■ '■'lua i.qi. Orv.de ifference 23 bticnt 1.5 i.i> J» iI2 B5 27 J. 4? i ,6 8y 19 3.25 tb i05 ■/4 ijc .25 4i C ill V4 37 1.5 20 114 73 41 2.>' Ic 112 72 40 2.75 li.: ■:\ 72 36 3. El ,3 33 4. 5\ - i-i6 y* 32 5.25 63 v» l.^i ?^ 3:> v. 25 i', - iU^J 77 32 0. 33 113 n 36 0. t3 105 Tj 30 0. 60 C uo 7i? 35 u 33 •' 107 78 a 0. iv>4 - 106 V7 2> .25 46 112 "a 35 .75 120 c 1U7 'i'j 32 ^6 (' 112 ya 34 !• 65 c If 106 75 31 1. tutiout arou ii« I. I.. 113 'l-i i)if fereuce i4 .;..ya batnt ..P-5 y c -•iua iO'> 76 33 '. i,a c -nlus iiO 'n 33 2.5 31 c tt 112 ya \^ 2.75 82 c n 112 76 36 i. 73 G M 113 77 36 3. 17 c ft iJ;> 7!? 34 5. 74 c " 112 75 37 5. 114 G " 111 75 36 6. 87 G « 100 77 31 6. 23 C •» 113 75 3« 13.75 57 C ft lOO 60 48 .75 i03 G n 110 ^1 4i? 21.5 30 G - 109 cn 41 .75 ^5 G - 111 6 7 44 1. 69 " 112 <>'^ 47 2.5 26 ^12 RO 52 0. 7- G " 108 84 24 ■. 111 •t ilJ H2 28 0. 32 C M 10-7 ai 26 0. 16 J tl loB n.) 28 0, .>tuaent 113 : ttlUl a 112 ni • iffereuce 31 -aye hac:ut 9-/ ■J " 10^ V'l 2Q 2.5 14 >' " 105 l\2 23 2.5 155 c w 107 80 27 3.75 ya c " 10^ v*)0 '^9 4. 3/ c 1 105 H5 20 1. 35 c H I'oy f'iB 19 1. 4 li3 76 57 0, 77 .. 5 -1 0. 144 ;Vf. .">C -2 0. 79 ya 80 -2 0. 52 78 83 5 1. 127 •) 76 .'■0 -4 3.75 134 ^ ' :o -4 3.75 130 y'^ i 15 7.5 139 u 103 ao 23 7.75 48 c- 89 80 9 ^'^5 159 D 80 r/ 73 0. 88 D 82 77 5 0. 40 ' /5 5 0. 21 i) //.^ 76 1.5 .5 tudent 82 Grou':> Hating 84 Gradea Ti Uifferenoe 7 Days yvbaent .5 LL-i .) CiO Ti 3 l.> ^) iJ 82 75 7 1.75 12^ jj 84 78 6 ^^15 y 1) ye 75 3 2.5 143 li 7/. 5 75 2.5 3. 14-1 - ai 76 5 i. 13<> '> rs2. 5 77.5 5.0 3. 4) ■> 84 75 y 3.5 102 v-\ 75 6 4. 70 jj a4 n 8 11. 106 i- 7i^ a 2 11.5 163 1; 78 u^> 8 0. 28 D ai 70 11 . -7^' 2^ D 74 72 2 .75 135 D yy 73 6 i.5 ^9 !> 7S.5 yi.4 7.1 1.5 133 i' 70 70 — 1.5 ;?! - 7^ 70 9 1.75 153 IJ 80 74 6 2.5 12.'. D 81 70 11 3.75 •tuiit.nt 130 U'iting n 70 iff erenoQ 1 Aba. nt 5* ly2 i) 73 74 -4 6. I D 84 60 24 20.75 132 x; 72 V5 -3 '- • 1/ 140 ,. 86 73 13 IJ. 59 -■ 82 ('7 15 0. ib2 i- 7/ 68 9 ^.5 147 ^3 ^/ 16 l:?l j.- 84 68 16 160 i^ 84 68 16 - V3 i' 70 63 7 V5 B3 63 20 'A j: 84 63 21 lC 1 n5^,R a ONE MONTH USE PLEASE RETURN TO DESK FROM WHICH BORROWED EDUCATION-PSYCHOLOGY LIBRARY This book is due on the last date stamped below, or on the date to which renewed. 1-month loans may be renewed by calling 642-4209 Renewals and recharges may be made 4 days prior to due date. ALL BOOKS ARE SUBJECT TO RECALL 7 DAYS AFTER DATE CHECKED OUT. 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