US high schools appear to measure success according to the number of students admitted into four-year institutions each year. Although this is one measure, there are some schools that focus on developing important life skills needed to become productive members of society. Online surveys were sent out to alumni, students, teachers, and parents to…

This report contains information shared with participants of the 1992 Common Destiny Conference, which focused on the consequences of academic tracking and other sorting practices that often result in the separation of children by race, class, or ethnicity. The conference also highlighted the latest relevant research on tracking and ability…

Elementary school students who drew the opposite sex first in the Draw-a-Person test were matched with controls, so that cognitive structure and fuction might be compared. (Author/CS)

A unified conceptual model is needed to integrate the extensive research on (1) social competence and adaptive behavior, (2) converging conceptualizations of social adjustment and psychopathology, and (3) emerging concepts and measures of academic competence. To develop such a model, a study was conducted in which teacher ratings were collected on…

The possibility that significant differences exist between college student subgroups, as measured by the Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI), was tested with 99 university students and was supported. Intellectual disposition variables consistently yielded significant differences among subgroups. (Author)

Team learning techniques and the creation of educational forms which bring differing individuals into dynamic interaction probably may make students more self-directed and significantly heighten their intellectual consciousness as well. (Author)

Article evaluated the merits of the practical test, regarded as a valuable one for measuring aspects of science achievement other than the aspects measured by paper-and-pencil type tests. (Author/RK)

Since the reading abilities of general business students vary from one individual to the next, the author's report on the readability of three general business textbooks to guide business teachers in their selection of textbooks. (AG)

The Horner research sought to (1) determine the readability of current first-year bookkeeping texts and compare them with a 1965 study, (2) compare students' reading achievement with the earlier study, and (3) determine the suitability of current texts based on the texts' readability levels and the students' reading level. (Author/BP)

Two studies were conducted to (1) analyze the subtest characteristics of the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery, and (2) apply those results to an analysis of 50 fourth grade learning disabled (LD) students' performance on the Battery. Analyses indicated that the poorer performance of LD students on the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive…

Research on aptitude-instructional treatment interactions has shown that the relation of general ability to learning tends to increase as instruction places increased information processing burdens on learners and to decrease as instruction is designed to reduce the information processing demands on learners. This report summarizes a research…

THE HYPOTHESIS OF THIS EXPERIMENT WAS THAT SELF-DIRECTION WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE WITH STUDENTS OF HIGH RATHER THAN LOW ABILITY AND INTEREST PROVIDED THEY HAD HAD COACHED PRACTICE IN SELF-DIRECTED USE OF PROGRAMED MATERIALS. SUBJECTS WERE 34 GRADE 9 ALGEBRA STUDENTS. THEY COMPLETED PRE-EXPERIMENTAL ABILITY TESTS AND INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRES. HALF…

THE RELATIONSHIP OF CERTAIN VARIABLES WITH THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF PUPILS OF SUPERIOR INTELLECTUAL ABILITY WAS PRESENTED. THE HYPOTHESIS USED WAS THAT HIGH ACHIEVING ACADEMICALLY GIFTED PUPILS COMPARED TO LOW ACHIEVING ACADEMICALLY GIFTED PUPILS RECEIVED THE BENEFIT OF MORE FAVORABLE PARENTAL ATTITUDES. THE PUPILS PERCEIVED THEMSELVES AS MORE…