The effects of Response Cost, Reward, and No Consequence conditions in the performance of high and low ability students on an academic task were compared. An examination of the continued use in the schools of grading motivational procedures based on Response Cost techniques is suggested. (Author)

This study compares selected in-school characteristics found to be significantly related to in-school success, to on-the-job success as measured by the employer's evaluation. Subjects were male high school graduates of both academic and vocational curricula who were actively employed approximately one year after graduation. The research questions…

Study compared the relative advantages of three training procedures (production, judgment and combined) to a no-training control for three levels of initial ability. (Authors)

Performance of forward observer students from the Army Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma was investigated in relation to several learner variables. Learner variables were field dependent/independent cognitive style, visual/haptic perceptual style, trait anxiety, scores on the Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence Tests, and achievement scores…

Describes procedures, results, and conclusions of a study designed to compare urban children with suburban children on eight tasks of basic skills. The subjects were 1500 randomly chosen children in the first, second, and third grades. Children from different socioeconomic background performed differently. On many of the skills, third grade urban…

A holistic and teleological approach to individualized FL instruction is proposed as a possible universal pedagogical theory. The following guidelines are offered. Broad goals and specific operational objectives should be defined, and performance testing devices developed. Each student's particular psychological aptitudes and physiological and…

GROUP FUNCTIONING AND ACTIVITIES WERE STUDIED IN TWO CONTEXTS, THE LABORATORY AND THE REGULAR SCHOOL CLASSROOM. THE LABORATORY STUDY INVOLVED SMALL GROUP PROBLEM-SOLVING IN ARITHMETIC AND IN SOCIAL STUDIES. STUDIES CONSISTED OF GROUP PERFORMANCE, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE HIGH ABILITY STUDENTS TO GROUP PERFORMANCE, THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF…

Describes performance characteristics of students in an agriculture education program for which no formal qualifications are stressed. (PS)

The book's focus is on classroom procedures that allow an instructor to meet the needs of individuals while managing the learning activities of a group. The individualized instruction model that seems most appropriate for use with vocational programs is the fixed-content, variable-time, mastery model in which individuals are assisted in developing…

This study examined the effects of varying degrees of situational definition on expectation states of third graders. The experiment was conducted in the spring and replicated in the fall. A total of 389 children in 12 third grade classrooms participated. The experimental conditions reflected three degrees of situational definition. In the…

This report presents a review of current training practices and problems as they relate to the broad spread of individual ability among soldiers, and to the increasing need for functionalization of training. Combat support training was observed at four army training centers, with particular reference to training objectives, methods, and student…

Study compares students' performances in an occupational therapy assistant course and their subsequent on-the-job performance. (Authors)

A study was made of the effect of various learner and task characteristics on learning from scrambled frames in an instructional program. The independent variables were: sequence (scrambled vs. logical), grade, sequence length, criterion test complexity, sex, IQ, mathematics achievement, and reading comprehension. The dependent variables were:…

Examines a model for identifying homogeneous subgroups within the larger heterogeneous group found in an introductory psychology course. In order to increase the number of individuals able to succeed within a class, teachers must direct their attention toward the underlying processes of task performance and the characteristic ways in which…