Attitude toward an undergraduate audio-tutorial biology course became more favorable as the course progressed. Aptitude scores were significantly related to achievement, with math aptitude the best predictor, but not to attitude toward the instructional technique. (AL)

Different learner characteristics are related to success in audio-tutorial and traditional" courses when step-wise multiple regression analysis is used. (AL)

Advocates the analysis of student characteristics in determining the outcomes of instruction and the analysis of instruction to determine effects on student characteristics. (CP)

Examined personality (persistence, future orientation, and the tendency toward reckless/rash behavior) and cognitive factors related to success or failure in college science courses. One finding noted is that both men and women were more apt to attribute their success to effort/ability, and their failure to the difficulty of a task. (JN)

Determines what attributes high school teachers and college professors of chemistry believe to be most important for incoming college students. Teachers and professors ranked examples of traditional chemistry knowledge and personal traits in order of importance. Chemistry professors ranked student personal attributes as most important, whereas…

Determined (1) how student attitudes toward science change as a consequence of changes in learning environment across time and (2) extent to which student attitudes are associated with student characteristics and their learning environment. Indicates students enjoy science at elementary and secondary levels with no sharp dropoff in student…