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Author(s) -

Carmen Mombourquette

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

sage open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 32

ISSN - 2158-2440

DOI - 10.1177/2158244013484731

Subject(s) - minor (academic) , student engagement , flexibility (engineering) , psychology , organizational structure , mathematics education , dual (grammatical number) , student achievement , affect (linguistics) , pedagogy , medical education , academic achievement , management , political science , medicine , art , literature , communication , law , economics

September 2010 witnessed the opening of the first complete dualcampus high school in Alberta. Catholic Central High School, which had been in existencesince 1967 in one building, now offered courses to students on two campuses. The “dualcampus” philosophy was adopted so as to ensure maximum program flexibility for students.The philosophy, however, was destined to affect student engagement and staff efficacy asthe change in organizational structure, campus locations, and course availability wasdramatic. Changing school organizational structure also had the potential of affectingstudent achievement. A mixed-methods study utilizing engagement surveys, efficacyscales, and interviews with students and teachers was used to ascertain the degree ofimpact. The results of the study showed that minimal impact occurred to levels ofstudent engagement, minor negative impact to staff efficacy, and a slight increase tostudent achievement results

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