Ninth-Graders' Mathematics Coursetaking, Motivations, and Educational Plans

Title:	Ninth-Graders' Mathematics Coursetaking, Motivations, and Educational Plans
Description:	This Statistics in Brief uses data from NCES’ High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS:2009) to examine what motivates high school students to take mathematics, and how those motivations vary depending on students’ plans for the year after high school. For students who have the same after-high-school plans, the report also examines how students from different socio-economic backgrounds compare in terms of their mathematics coursetaking and their motivations for coursetaking.
Online Availability:	Download, view and print the report as a pdf file. (1153KB) Download, view and print the web tables as a pdf file. (168KB)
Cover Date:	December 2014
Web Release:	December 4, 2014
Publication #:	NCES 2015990
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Lisa Hudson and Isaiah O'Rear
Type of Product:	Statistics in Brief
Survey/Program Areas:	High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)
Keywords:	Coursetaking/Transcripts • course selection High School Mathematics • mathematics coursework
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