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1、Toworkornottowork—Thatisthequestion1 Thereare numerous and reliable waysbywhichonecanmeasuretheimpactofemploymentonstudentachievement,andweusedseveralinourresearch. Wecomparedthegradesofstudentswhoworkagreatdealwiththosewhoworkinlimitedamountsornotatall. Wealso contr
2、asted workerswithnon-workers,ondifferent indicators oftheircommitmenttoeducation. Additionally,wefollowedstudentsovertimeastheyincreasedor decreased theirworkhours,andwe assessed howdifferentpatternsofemployment alteredschoolperformanceandengagement.1要衡量工作经历对学生成就的影响有
3、许多可靠的方法。在我们的研究中,我们采用了几种方法。 我们比较了打很多工的学生和打工时间有限或者根本不打工的学生的学习成绩。 我们也对比了打工学生和不打工学生在学习投入程度方面的不同指征。 另外,我们长期跟踪学生,了解他们在打工时间增加或减少时的表现。而且,我们还评估了不同的打工模式如何改变学习成绩和学习参与度。2 Wehavesimplifiedandclassifiedthedataandtheresultsareclear:The stakes arehigh. Aheavycommitmenttoapart-timejo
4、bduringthe academic year,say,working20hoursperweekormore, undermines and significantly interferes withschoolachievementandcommitment. Overall,ourstudyoffers proof thatstudentswhoworkedmorethan20hoursweeklywerenotcomparabletotheirclassmates. Theyearnedlowergrades,spen
5、tlesstimeonhomework,cutclassmoreoften,andcheatedmorefrequently. Andtheyreportedlowerlevelsofcommitmenttoschoolandmoremodesteducationalaspirations.2我们把数据加以简化和归类,得出的结论很明确:学生打工付出的代价很大。 在学年中花过多精力兼职打工,比如,一周打工20个小时或更长时间,会影响和严重干扰学习成绩和学习投入程度。 总的来说,我们的研究证明,每周打工超过20个小时的学生学习成绩不
6、及班上其他同学。 他们的分数更低,花在作业上的时间更少,逃课更频繁,作弊更常见。 而且据反映,他们的学习投入程度较低,学习志向也不够远大。3 Ontheotherhand,wealsodetectedadifferentpattern. Workingfor approximately 10hoursperweekorless seemingly doesnottakea consistent toll onschoolperformance. Nevertheless, given thathalfofallemployeds
7、eniors,aboutone-thirdofalljuniors,andaboutone-fifthofallsecond-yearstudentsworkabovethe20-hourlimit, indications arethatalargenumberofstudentsareatriskofcompromising theirschoolcareerswiththeirpart-timejobs.3但是,我们也发现了另外一种不同的模式。 每周打工大约10个小时或更少的时间对学习成绩似乎没有持续的影响。 不过,鉴于一
8、半的大四打工学生、约三分之一的大三打工学生以及约五分之一的大二打工学生的打工时间都超过20个小时的上限,由此表明,有很多学生面临因打工而危及学业的风险。4 Whereas itistruethatmoredisengagedstudentsaremorelike