- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: Previous Studies
- 2. Background to the Study
- 3. The Schools and the Area They Serve
- 4. Research Strategy and Tactics
- 5. School Outcomes: Children’s Attendance, Behaviour and Attainments
- 6. Physical and Administrative Features of Schools: Associations with Outcome
- 7. School Processes: Associations with Outcome
- 8. Ecological Influences
- 9. Composite Analyses of All Main Variables
- 10. Conclusions: Speculations and Implications
- Appendices
- A. Pupil Behaviour Scale
- B. School Goals
- C. Ten Naughty Children: Examples
- D. Format of Pupil Questionnaire
- E. Details of Process Items
- F. Observations
- G. Additional Tables
- H. Analysis of Multiway Contingency Tables by Log Linear Models
- I. Attainment at the End of the First Year in the Sixth Form
- J. Intake and Administrative Variables
- K. Comparison between 12 “Research” Schools and 8 Other Schools Which Took Part in 14-year-old Survey
- References
- Name Index
- Subject Index

Fifteen Thousand Hours
Secondary Schools and Their Effects on Children
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Publication Date: 03/15/1982