Focuses on 331 college students' expectancies for their academic performance and the relationship of expectancies to actual grades. Concludes that, relative to men, women's expectations do not seem to bear the same relationship to their academic performance. Results indicate that caution must be exercised in making certain cross-sex comparisons.…

The article reviews the application of Raven's Progressive Matrices (RPM) on the performance of the sexes based on scholarly achievements. It also compares the result of the RPM to Standard Progressive Matrices and to Colored Progressive Matrices. (TLJ)

Black men and women get lower status jobs than their white counterparts. Analysis of data from the 1967 National Longitudinal Survey of Work Experience of Women 30-44 Years of Age and the 1962 Occupational Changes in a Generation Survey demonstrates that lower social origins and educational attainments are insufficient explanations of blacks'…

Children in typical classrooms who were offered material incentives learned significantly more spelling words than did children not offered material rewards. The substantial effects of the material incentives continued throughout the 4-week period. (BJG)

The structuring of educational ambition among rural youth in Norway, Germany, and the United States was compared. The research thrust was to specify linkages between scholastic rank and educational plan. Social class origin, sex, residence place, and regional context were introduced as additional considerations. (Author/NQ)

Compares the performance of ninth-grade students on 30 common test items given during the First (1970) and Second (1983) International Science Study, including differences related to sex. Findings, among others, show that overall, students in 1983 scored higher than their predecessors in 1970. (JN)

A study examined whether there were differences in the ways that undergraduate college students viewed their academic performance. Relationships between sex of student, motivation, self esteem, achievement, and attributional pattern utilized were examined. Subjects (132 female, 104 male) were chosen on a voluntary basis; most were enrolled in a…

A six week study in an urban district was conducted attempting to compare the academic interests between male and female students at the second and third grade levels, and correlate these with the students' academic performance, as put forth on the Record of Student Growth, or Report Card. The children completed teacher made interest inventories.…

Students from four academic status groups, four class standing groups, and both sexes completed a survey of problems related to academic performance. Significant differences were found between status and class groups and sexes on the kinds of problems reported and between status groups on the total problems reported. (Author/RC)

Compared populations of Arts and Sciences students who had determined their majors and those who had not. The determined group was more likely to remain in school and to achieve greater academic success than the undetermined group. More women tended to have declared majors than did men. (Author)

Results indicate that the sex difference in over-achievement is probably an artifact of the sex differences in major field choice. (Author)

In the prediction of 1964 income for a national sample of 1961 college graduates, there were significant gender effects, and marital status interactions for women but not for men. Income for both was positively influenced by graduate educational attainment, occupational status, years of work experience, age, hours worked weekly, college…

The exploratory data analysis method of median polishing was used to examine patterns of differences in male and female performance on the Graduate Record Examination quantitative and analytical tests. Males were found overall to outperform females on the quantitative measure but not on the analytical measure. (Author/MLW)

Admission statistics between 1967 and 1975 revealed that of the students applying a higher proportion of women than men were admitted to the school and that the percentage also rose from 20 percent in 1967 to 38 percent in 1975. Superior academic performance and motivation among women were also found and discussed in terms of lower work records…

This study identified and compared the preferred learning-style characteristics of German adolescents and analyzed the similarities and differences by age, gender, and academic achievement within and among groups of students in different educational settings. Participants were 869 German adolescents aged 13, 15, and 17 years old from grades 7…