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A Comparison Of Attendance Records Of Handicapped And Non-Handicapped Pupils In Two Weber County Junior High Schools, Jewell S. Bezowski
A Comparison Of Attendance Records Of Handicapped And Non-Handicapped Pupils In Two Weber County Junior High Schools, Jewell S. Bezowski
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
A study was done of the attendance of 1,251 non-handicapped and 131 handicapped pupils in the Weber County, Ogden, Utah School District. This study was done at the request of the district administration. The basic questions were 1) would there be a difference in attendance of the handicapped and the non-handicapped and 2) would the reasons for absence differ as stated on excuses presented to the office.
Data for the entire 1978-79 school year were tallied and analyzed. There were no significant differences in the attendance rates of the two groups. Inspection of the data showed that there was a …