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Jans, Steven – 1997
Following research that documented inadequate motivation as a problem through assessment of academic performance, student motivational surveys, teacher class records, and teacher journal entries, a program was conducted to increase the level of motivation of junior high school students in a middle-class community in central Illinois. Observations…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Industrial Arts, Intelligence, Junior High Schools
Worley, William E. – 1975
The purpose of this study was to determine criteria for helping students decide if they would profit more from traditional methods of instruction or from independent and individualized methods. Four areas were studied: whether traditional methods were superior to individualized methods; whether students preferred either method; whether there was a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Independent Study, Individualized Instruction