Information literacy is a concept that has evolved as a result of recent efforts to move technology-based instruction and research to a level above the long-held concepts previously associated with "computer literacy"; the focus of information literacy education being the development of students' abilities to construct/collect and…

When compared with control Ss, experimental Ss showed significantly greater favorable change in seven areas. Followup research showed this program to be effective in combatting low achievement and in placing its students in challenging collegiate programs where they have remained and performed successfully for two years. (Author)

The results of this study indicate that students from highly innovative high schools, as a group, do achieve significantly better early in college. This suggests that aggregate innovative behavior is one important factor in the college preparedness of students. (Author)

Information Literacy is a concept that evolved as a result of efforts to move technology-based instructional and research efforts beyond the concepts previously associated with "computer literacy." While computer literacy was largely a topic devoted to knowledge of hardware and software, information literacy is concerned with students' abilities…

This article addresses the factors that affect students' retention at Kuwait University. Five hundred seventy students participated in the study. A survey of 22 retention factors was designed to measure student perceptions. Students presented their agreement on factors which included: achieving personal aspiration, getting jobs, free-of-charge…

Examined whether entering freshman female students arrive at college with conflicting expectations: their own, those of their parents, and those of male peers. Data from mailed questionnaires indicated such conflicting expectations exist for the women studied. They hope to achieve--but not too much. (Author)

Whether there is positive correlation between type of college instruction and student attitudes and achievement was examined. College students will make greater achievement gains if taught by indirect rathen than direct teaching styles and amount of indirect teaching is not sufficient factor for predicting attitude of college students toward…

This study represents an attempt to examine ways in which anxiety, achievement and affiliation motivation and dogmatism influence the academic performance of undergraduates under structured instructional conditions. The study provides strong supporting evidence for the notion that personality patterns do influence academic achievement under the…

The authors suggest that a new method of course evaluations be used in which students are asked to rate themselves on how well they achieved stated course objectives. In this way the instructor would know where work was needed. This method focuses upon the student's mastery of the subject. (Author)

The data suggest that society has prepared females well to be the dominant forces in elementary education that they are today. Furthermore, they are able to regenerate themselves in rewarding certain kinds of behavior in the children they teach, particularly little girls. (Author)

A pilot study using changes in a student's self-confidence as a measure of both student achievement and instructional effectiveness was conducted in an undergraduate course. Such research is suggested as a supplement to the current student evaluation methods. (Author)

Tested the hypothesis that undergraduate teacher education students enrolled in a first course in educational foundations demonstrate limited understanding and knowledge of the field of professional education. A designed 15-item multiple choice course pretest was administered to 97 undergraduate teacher education students. Results confirmed the…

This paper focuses on college students' views of the American class system and the extent to which they see it as an open system of contest mobility, in which individual effort and ability determine achievement and social standing, or as a system of sponsorship, in which family connections determine class position. The effects of family class…