A random sample of 250 Hutchinson Community Junior College (Kansas) students was chosen by using the pseudorandom number generator supplied by an IBM program. Composite American College Testing Program (ACT) scores were determined for these students, and a questionnaire was administered to determine the factors affecting the students' college…

In order to assess the effect of college experiences on student values and retention, a study was conducted of 848 beginning students at three private and four public two-year institutions in the Chicago area. At the beginning of the academic year, two tests were given: (1) the Activities Index to assess the personality characteristics of the…

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of two treatment variables, mastery and aptitude, on two outcome variables, achievement and retention, as measured by researcher-constructed tests. Seventeen classes of seventh-grade geography students were taught an instructor-developed geography unit with either mastery or nonmastery…

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…

The purpose of this study was to determine if verbal scores on the "Scholastic Aptitude Test" (SAT) were related to student birth order and number of siblings in the family. The SAT scores of 71 randomly chosen students of the 1978 graduating class of a suburban high school were classified by family size and class rank of student. Each…