Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1985
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Lloyd M. Gabriel
Second Committee Member
Byron L. DeShaw
Third Committee Member
Larry Wald
Abstract
The effectiveness of Project HOPE, an acronym for Helping Our People Educationally, was tested to determine if improved academic achievement would result from an after-school study hall. Intended for ninth grade students that fall behind because of uncompleted daily work and missed assignments, Project HOPE was created to give students "a last chance." It was thought that daily work scores would rise and that students would realize an overall increase in their final course grades. The actual experiment was run from November 19, 1984 until January 17, 1985. The experimental group was the writer's tenth grade English class. Despite improvements by students that might be considered high-risk for failure, the overall class performance was not significant. This was calculated through the use of a t test for independent related samples.
Recommended Citation
Schmidt, Eugene Joseph, "Evaluating the Effect of Project H.O.P.E.: An After-School Study Hall" (1985). All Graduate Projects. 272.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/272
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