The first content standard of the National Standards for Music Education requires that students sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. Although state and district elementary music curricula vary widely, many are based on the National Standards for Music Education and therefore include singing as a primary content area and…

Reported are the results of a study to determine if specific errors in subtraction occur when students demonstrate ability to apply selected decimal numeration system principles. A secondary purpose was to examine and compare errors made by various subsets of the sample population characterized by grade level, arithmetic achievement, mental…

This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of an additional basic language-development program on the science academic achievement of low-achieving kindergarten pupils. From responses on a performance test, an experimental and a control group were formed. Both groups received instruction in science. The experimental group also received…

Statistical analyses of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) were made to determine its validity as a predictor of success for engineering students. In addition, the study attempted to statistically differentiate students completing engineering programs at Purdue from those who transferred to other fields and/or did not continue in other…

The purpose of this study was the determination of variables related to high and low mathematics achievement among black seventh-grade students. Six specific hypotheses were investigated. The research population consisted of 40 black students at two junior high schools; of these 20 were identified as high achievers and 20 as low achievers. Each…

The purpose of this study was to obtain empirical evidence as to whether the observed achievement gap between low and high socio-economic-status (SES) children remains unchanged, increases or decreases with increasing age, and to determine the consistency of statistical methods for measuring growth. Four methods of measuring change in achievement…

This study was designed to evaluate the effect of the use of mathematical logic in high school geometry on (1) achievement of students in geometry, (2) achievement of students in reasoning in geometry, (3) critical thinking of students, and (4) attitude of students toward logic deduction, and proof in mathematics. The experimental group of six…

Reported are the results of a study conducted to determine if regular usage of mathematical games could prove effective for teaching mathematics to low achieving secondary students. It was hypothesized that motivation from games would result in improved attitudes without reducing achievement. The control group worked on paper and pencil activity…

The study dealt with the effect of discovery-type teaching methods on the achievement, attitudes, and work-study skills of low achievers in mathematics. Materials, equipment, and lesson plans were selected or written for half of the sample of ninth and tenth grade students having a low mathematics grade record, and being below average in two of…

Investigated was a team approach for teaching high school biology. Students in six high schools in New York state were involved in the study. Achievement gains on tests were compared between students in team approach classes with students in conventional classes. Few differences were observed between groups and many of these were contradictory. It…

This study explored the relationship between visual aptitude and achievement in mathematics and reading. Eleventh-grade students were given the Successive Perception I Test, a measure of visual aptitude, and two achievement measures, the Sequential Test of Educational Progress, and the California Achievement Test. Achievement test data were…

The purpose of the study was to develop and evaluate a method of determining the effectiveness of individual schools in promoting student achievement in reading and arithmetic, and to investigate the relationship of sibling order and of residence in intact or broken homes on student achievement. Five hundred sixty-three sixth graders from 16…

The differences in the change of pupil achievement in elementary school science were analyzed, using a written response, for pupils trained to give immediate feedback to the teacher during instruction and for those trained to give delayed feedback to the teacher at the conclusion of each instructional session. The study also analyzed the effects…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the use of mathematics laboratories at the eighth grade level results in greater mathematics achievement and whether students prefer mathematics laboratories to other methods of presentation. Six classes totalling 146 eighth grade students were assigned a pre-lab approach, a post-lab approach, or…

Reported are the results of a study concerned with the mathematical course work of teachers and the achievement of their students as measured by the "Scholastic Aptitude Test-Mathematics" (SAT-M). Information about the teachers was obtained by questionnaire. Student scores were obtained from school records. Data were obtained from 26 schools and…