This study investigates the effect of saliency on the relationships between self-esteem and performance, competency and reactions to feedback. Subjects (N=146) preselected for social or academic orientation engaged in either a social or academic task and were given randomized success or failure feedback concerning their performance. Subjects rated…

VARIABLES INFLUENCING EFFECTIVE PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION WERE STUDIED WITHIN THE INTACT CLASSROOM STRUCTURE. LATER STUDIES FOCUSING ON EFFECTIVE PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION WILL APPROACH IT AS A MEANS OF INDIVIDUALIZATION OF INSTRUCTION. THIS SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS USES LINEAR PROGRAMS IN ARITHMETIC, SPELLING, AND GENERAL SCIENCE. FOR GRADE 1, ASPECTS…

USING DATA OBTAINED BY PROJECT TALENT, A NATIONWIDE STUDY OF HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH, THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THE JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENT. JUNIOR COLLEGE, NONCOLLEGE, AND SENIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE COMPARED IN TERMS OF SIX MEASURES OF INFORMATION AND EIGHT MEASURES OF GENERAL APTITUDE AND ABILITY. THROUGH THE USE OF A 6-GROUP DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS, IT WAS…

A REPORT IS GIVEN OF THE FIRST 3 YEARS OF A FIELD STUDY CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SEVERAL PROTOTYPE, SECONDARY MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS THAT WERE PRODUCED BY DIFFERENT CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT GROUPS. MATHEMATICS TEACHERS WHO HAD NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH "MODERN" OR EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES TO MATHEMATICS TAUGHT A SELECTED…

A SPECIAL TRIAL STUDY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WAS INITIATED FOR STUDENTS WHOSE PAST ACADEMIC RECORDS WOULD NOT NORMALLY HAVE QUALIFIED THEM FOR ADMISSION TO COLLEGE. STUDENTS WHO HAD MAINTAINED LESS THAN A 75 AVERAGE IN HIGH SCHOOL WERE ALLOWED TO MATRICULATE IN A REDUCED PROGRAM OF STUDIES IN THE EVENING DIVISION. THE STUDENTS WERE ALSO REQUIRED TO…

The present experiment tested the hypothesis that effort attribution given for prior achievement is effective in promoting subsequent achievement behaviors. Forty children drawn from two elementary schools and lacking in subtraction skills received training and opportunities to solve subtraction problems. In the context of training, children…

The report interprets data collected by the American Council on Education on freshmen at 7 University of California (UC) campuses during a fall 1966 survey of 251 colleges and universities. The 7 campuses are Davis, Berkeley, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz. Students responded to questions about their backgrounds,…

This volume contains four articles by A. A. Krutetskii. The first article is a report of a study of individual differences in ability to solve algebra problems. The second article reports on a two-year study of a young girl who showed exceptional mathematical giftedness. Article three presents a summary of the author's theoretical position on the…

The purpose of this study was to develop a framework for testing the validity of 2 conflicting theories of college effects. The "relative deprivation" theory suggests that college selectivity is a negative determiner of college grades that a student's academic ability determines both college grades and educational plans, and that poor grades lead…

In the fall of 1964, 4,288 students were nominated for participation in the 1st annual competition of the National Achievement Scholarship Program for outstanding Negro students. The students were divided into 3 groups--Scholars, Finalists and Commended. The highest competition status group, the Scholars, were awarded 4-year college scholarships…

A questionnaire was administered to 553 entering freshmen at Indiana University to collect data, on a 4-point scale, about the students' assessments of themselves, their academic objectives, and the University. The report deals with data on the 329 students who completed the questionnaire both before attending classes in the fall and at the close…

A study was conducted to examine the relative accuracy of elementary and secondary teachers in judging student capability. Fourteen eighth-grade teachers and 16 fifth-grade teachers were asked to rate special study children five times during the year on a behavior rating scale focusing on identification of under- and overachievement. From the…

Although the reader may wish to use the entire American College Testing (ACT) Program Profile for detailed study and comparison, this abstract is prepared to give a brief overview of the highlights contained in that report. The format presented in this abstract might also serve as a model for a brief profile of student characteristics at the local…

The effects of a perceptually oriented physical education program (PPE) on perceptual-motor ability and academic ability were studied using kindergarten and first-grade children. The four groups of kindergarten children varied the number of periods of PPE per week which then met--0, 1, 2, and 3 times per week. The four groups of first-grade…

A summary of the technical problems encountered in performing Bayesian m group regression is given. Grade-point averages for students entering a vocational-technical program are predicted using ability assessments from the Career Planning Profile (CPP), a development of The American College Testing Program (ACT). The theory derived by Lindley (see…