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Butcher, Janice – Adolescence, 1983
Investigated variables related to 661 adolescent girls' participation in physical activity. Results showed socializing agents and socialization situations appeared to be more influential than personal attributes, although movement satisfaction and self-confidence were important for competitive sports. Amount of equipment available was a crucial…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Foreign Countries, Physical Activities

McBrien, Robert J. – School Counselor, 1983
Offers counseling strategies to help counselors identify and evaluate for seriousness of intent those students considering suicide. Discusses both verbal statements and situational clues which provide opportunities for counseling intervention. Suggests a counseling contract as a preventive approach. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counseling Techniques, Evaluation Criteria, Predictor Variables
Mayton, Daniel M. – 1989
Values are a central concept in understanding and predicting human behavior. Value priority differences have been shown to predict important political, social, and economic attitudes and behaviors. The purpose of this study was to identify differences and similarities among the value hierarchies of adolescents who have never tried alcohol,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Differences, Drinking

Agin, Michael L. – School Science and Mathematics, 1980
Described is an activity designed to make the concepts of experimentation, independent variables, and dependent variables easy to understand by using observable characteristics of several rods to illustrate these concepts. (DS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Experiments, Junior High School Students, Mathematics Education

Crouse, Richard J.; Sloyer, Clifford W. – Mathematics Teacher, 1993
In cases of trauma, medical indexes are used by paramedics to report the condition of the patient to the hospital. Presents a scenario in which students act as paramedics at the scene of an earthquake and use the index called capillary refill to report the severity of the trauma and predict probable survival. (MDH)
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Indexes, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Education

Freeland, P. W. – Journal of Biological Education, 1975
Describes a project in which fingerprint patterns were identified and analyzed to determine whether any positive relationship existed between pattern type and academic ability. (LS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Genetics, Instruction

Griffin, George W. – Exceptional Children, 1987
Three groups of adolescents (n=82) who received treatment for emotional disturbances as children were compared on four predictive indicators: organic problems, family problems, conduct disorders, and academic problems. Using childhood treatment data, significant differences were found between the aggressive group and one or both of the comparison…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Behavior Disorders, Diseases
Casey, Timothy J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1975
The SVIB was administered to the entire freshperson class at a midwestern college for women. Results showed leaders responded "like" to about 90 percent of the scale items, whereas nonleaders responded "like" to only about 10 percent. The scale is designed to assist counselors in aiding women to plan their extracurricular…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Extracurricular Activities, Females, Higher Education

Seeley, Ken – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
Discusses alienation as a cause of underachievement, antisocial behavior, and indifference among gifted adolescents; suggests educational implications on the basis of a theory that distinguishes between crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence. (MCG)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Cognitive Style
Harpole, Sandra H.; And Others – 1986
Designed to examine the factors that contribute to student achievement, this study focused specifically on the relationship between physics achievement and selected teacher characteristics, student characteristics, and school and district characteristics. Questionnaires and attitude surveys were completed by 39 randomly selected Mississippi…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Physics, Predictor Variables, Science Education
Mayton, Daniel M. – 1989
Numerous reviews and studies have documented high levels of substance use and abuse in the United States when compared to other developed nations. Previous research has identified several factors which place adolescents at risk for substance abuse. This study was designed to replicate and validate some of these risk factors with youth from rural…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Abuse, High Risk Students, Predictor Variables

Calhoun, Lawrence; Shrigley, Robert C. – School Science and Mathematics, 1986
Reviews a study that attempted to obtain baseline data on variables that may be related to the nuclear attitudes of students. Presents survey results of the attitudes of college students, secondary school age students, and members of an anti-nuclear action group toward the generation of electricity from nuclear energy. (ML)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, College Students, Electricity, Local Issues

Okpala, Promise; Onocha, Charles – Physics Education, 1988
This paper identifies predictor variables for physics achievement in Nigerian high schools. Nine student variables (age, gender, home language, word knowledge, interest in physics, study habits, attitude, mathematical ability, and test anxiety) accounted for 63 percent of the total variance. Mathematical ability appeared to be the best predictor.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Physics

Hayek, Linda M.; Stephens, Larry – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1989
Examines factors related to computer anxiety measured by the Computer Anxiety Index (CAIN). Achievement in two programing courses was inversely related to computer anxiety. Students who had a home computer and had computer experience before high school had lower computer anxiety than those who had not. Lists 14 references. (YP)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education, Mathematics Achievement
Hartman, Jayne – Florida Educational Research Council Research Bulletin, 1989
In the State of Florida, the percentage of tenth grade students passing the Statewide Student Assessment Test-Part II (SSAT-II) Mathematics has declined one or two percentage points each year since 1985. Early, accurate identification and placement of these students for remedial instruction should help reverse this Florida trend. Accurate…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, High Risk Students, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education
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