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Download full textDrury, Robert L.; Robbins, Carol A. – 1974
Thirty-six students at a continuation high school were identified as predelinquents and selected as subjects on the basis of their poor attendance and academic records. Pretreatment and posttreatment data were collected on the following variables: attendance figures and academic credits. Following preliminary assessment, the subjects were randomly…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attendance Patterns, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Peer reviewedBlock, Joel – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1978
Failure- and misconduct-prone black and Hispanic high school students were given five weekly sessions of rational-emotive education. Comparisons were made with alternate treatment and on-treatment controls. The rational-emotive groups showed greatest improvement on all dependent variables over an extended period of time. (Author/MFD)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Dropout Prevention
