This study traces the controversy over the classification of children according to their ability from its origins in the development of the mental testing movement after 1916. The campaign to organize the schools largely on the basis of standardized tests of intelligence drew substantial support after 1920 from the development of research bureaus…

This study examined a program to improve the academic success and retention of student athletes at a target community college in central Illinois. The problem of academic success and retention was identified through use of document analysis, surveys, and interviews. Analysis of probable cause data revealed that varied perceptions of student…

A sample of 352 students in a college public speaking course participated in a study of the relationship of speech anxiety to public speaking experience, sex, and academic ability. Analysis of results indicated that previous public speaking experience was related to reduced levels of speech anxiety. Neither sex nor academic ability was related to…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether performance on Piagetian seriation tasks discriminated better than sequencing tasks between learning disabled and normal six-, seven-, and eight-year-old students. In addition, both techniques were examined with regard to prediction of academic achievement and differentiation between age levels…

The primary purpose of the investigation was to determine if any attitudinal change toward science occurs in college freshmen during enrollment in selected introductory science courses. Relationships were also sought between: (1) scientific attitude on entering college, (2) enrollment in a course or in no science course, (3) sex of students, and…

The purpose of this study was to compare two systems of teaching basic college chemistry. Three regression equations were developed for predicting a student's total raw score on the various tests used. The covariates utilized were ACT composite scores and scores on the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal, given as a pre-test. There was no…

Based on Ghazalah's findings, which indicated that vocational education was an extremely profitable investment for both society and the individual choosing to go into a vocational program, the variables that had an effect on wages and earnings were examined. With the cooperation of a vocational school in a rural Appalachian Ohio community, data…

Reported is an investigation of the effects of influenced teacher and student expectations on student performance in 10th grade science. A sample of 216 students, after having been sectioned by courses and ability levels using school procedures, was randomly assigned to either a high or control student expectancy group. Each of these groups was…

The purpose of this study was to report on the academic achievement of Red Deer College transfer students at three Alberta Universities for 1968-1971. Transfer students were matched with native students from the universities using session year, year of program, degree sought, age, sex, and first year cumulative grade-point average. These matched…

Changes in students' perceptions of success and failure as they progressed through a diploma hospital nursing program were studied, in a replication of a study by Davidhizar. Weiner's attribution theory was also assessed to determine students views of the following explanations of success: effort, ability, task ease, or luck. Effort was cited as…

This study designed a music program for improving academic skills of first grade students after the teaching staff found the students doing average work in the classroom. The school involved in the study was located in an urban, middle class community in Northern Illinois. Results of standardized tests showed the extent of the academic problems of…

This study attempted to determine the relationships between the dramatic play of children aged three to seven and their self-concept; between dramatic play and two components of self-concept--self-esteem and identification with friends; between dramatic play ability and self-concept; and between dramatic play and the teacher's attitude toward…

This doctoral thesis examines whether inductive and deductive teaching methods are appropriate for different learners. Statistical interactions between the two instructional methods and various aptitude variables were examined among 275 sixth-grade pupils. Subjects were randomly assigned to rule-example (deductive) treatments or example-rule…

A study of the effects of pictures and context cues in teaching sight word vocabulary used six high ability and six low ability first grade students for each of four experimental conditions: word alone, picture, sentence with no picture (context), and sentence plus picture. The procedures included acquisition and test trials, a retention test…

A comparison of the scholastic achievement of office education students receiving Federal aid with office education students not receiving Federal aid was the focus of a study conducted in three two-year colleges in Utah. The Shipley Institute of Living Scale was administered in fall 1975 to all students (n=397) enrolled in typewriting, shorthand,…