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Boyd, William M., II – 1981
A Better Chance, Inc. (ABC) believes that nonwhite children can and will learn if given the opportunity. Over the past 16 years, ABC students--children of sharecroppers and lawyers, garbage collectors and doctors, from large cities and tiny hamlets--have, with ABC's help, succeeded at the nation's finest secondary schools and colleges. They now…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Higher Education, Minority Groups
London, Manuel – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1988
Examines retraining transition processes as a basis for understanding adult learning and career change. Distinguishes between frame breaking and incremental change, describes associated learning methods, outlines transitional phases, and considers relationships between degrees of change and coping styles. Finds that variables reflecting career…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Career Change, Motivation
Aging--Let's Look Before We Leap: The Effects of Physical Activity on Smoking and Drinking Patterns.
Peer reviewedEngs, Ruth C.; Mulhall, Peter F. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1981
Drinking and smoking habits of a group of college students did not change after a 15-week period of exercises. Results indicate a conscious commitment to changing life-styles may be an important factor and should be considered before physical activites are added to drug and alcohol abuse programs. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Change Strategies, Drinking, Exercise
Person, Patti – 1990
In light of the theory that student absenteeism and lack of motivation are intertwined, educators have begun to investigate the theories of motivation in order to apply them to creative attendance policies in an attempt to reduce the problem of student absenteeism. Motivational theories indicate common elements of the importance of the intrinsic…
Descriptors: Attendance, Behavior Theories, Dropout Prevention, High School Students
Davis, Dan; And Others – 1984
Children's, teachers' and principals' reports are used to estimate the extent of tutoring activities in Israeli elementary schools and to provide information on their implementation. Eight studies evaluating the tutoring process and its effect on achievement, motivation, and self-concept are described. The data show that about 5% of elementary…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance, Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Download full textHendrickson, Jo M.; Roth, Jeff – 1990
Adolescents at high risk for not making a successful transition into adulthood may become school dropouts, abuse drugs and other substances, exhibit poor problem-solving skills, and display a wide variety of nonproductive or destructive behaviors. An after-school program, Youth 2000 Visions, was designed to assist local adolescents in addressing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Community Programs, High School Students
