The effects of various college preparation programs, aptitude scores, and student background characteristics on college retention were studied. The data were obtained from the National Education Longitudinal Study: 1988-2000 and NELS:88/2000 Postsecondary Education Transcript Study. The effective sample contained 4,445 first-time freshmen students…

With only a small number of their students coming from families with the lowest incomes (10% from the bottom two family income quintiles), the nation's most selective private colleges and universities need to know why. Two ready ideological answers are (1) that low-income high-ability students are being excluded in order to favor the children of…

In some Western countries, it has been found that studying in schools of high-average ability has negative effects on one's self concept due to social comparisons with high-ability classmates. This has been metaphorically described as the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE). To explore this phenomenon, the perceived school status as a measure of…

The present study sought to investigate the outcomes of the mastery instruction approach compared to a nonmastery approach of instruction with varying amounts of feedback being given to students with regard to their responses to multiple-choice test items on mastery tests. (Author)

The relationship between student academic attitudes and achievement as well as teachers' ability to estimate such attitudes constituted the dual focus of the present study. (Authors)

Studied the consistency and formation of teacher's judgements about child's abilities by having science methods course undergraduates watch two 10-minute video-taped lessons conducted among nine children. Indicated the most agreement on two extremes and the use of children's accomplishment speeds as judgment criteria. (CC)

Based in part on the author's doctoral study, Rutgers University, 1968. (RD)

Active and intermediate participation, and nonparticipation levels were identified. The nonparticipating students revealed the greatest degree of insecurity and neuroticism tendencies, but obtained the lowest self-esteen and intellectual productivity indices. (Author/SD)

Discusses the academic, economic and social advantages and disadvantages of expansion of higher education. (IR)

Drastic changes in admissions policies and procedures must be made to suit the marked change in students' career interests, medical school programs and the health needs of society. (IR)

Aptitude test scores of education majors at Florida Atlantic University who demonstrated poor writing abilities were compared to determine ability differences between those who graduated and those who did not. Graduates outscored dropouts in the five major areas tested, although both groups ranked low in comparison to the general college…

Investigated relationships among fear of success, locus of control, and vocational indecision in college students and these relationships moderated by sex and ability. Results indicated that vocationally undecided students are more external, are more fearful of success, and have lower ACT scores than decided students. (Author)

Student ratings of their own self-concept were moderately correlated with teacher ratings of their self-concept, with academic achievement test results, and with teacher ratings of academic ability. These findings provide strong support for the multidimensionality of self-concept. The Self Description Questionnaire used in the study is included.…