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Abram, Marie J.; Cobb, Robert A. – 1979
The population of this study consisted of 18 students who withdrew from the Glasgow Independent School System (Kentucky) during the 1975-76, 1976-77, and 1977-78 school years. The questionnaires submitted to the former students and their parents sought to determine how they felt about school prior to leaving, reasons for leaving school, opinions…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aspiration, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
Lay, Robert; Maguire, John – 1980
The problem of improving the quality of incoming college students and practicing fairness in admissions was studied at Boston College. The study sample was over 2000 accepted applicants who completed an admissions questionnaire. A systematic admissions procedure is described that provides an index of applicant "quality," and the rating…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action
Juel, Connie L.; Solso, Robert L. – 1979
The reaction times (RTs) of 48 elementary school students in two word identification tasks were recorded to gauge the effects of orthographic and phonic structures. The subjects, high ability and low ability students from grades four and five and from grades two and three, either matched a word to one of two pictures on display or decided if a…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Decoding (Reading)
Download full textTILLERY, DALE; AND OTHERS – 1966
A FOUR-STATE STUDY OF NINTH AND TWELFTH GRADE STUDENTS WAS MADE BY SCOPE (SCHOOL TO COLLEGE--OPPORTUNITIES FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION) TO DISCOVER HOW, WHEN, AND WHY STUDENTS MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION AND CAREERS. THE INFLUENCE OF PARENTS, SCHOOLS, AND PEERS UPON THE NATURE OF THESE DECISIONS IS ALSO EXAMINED. A COMPOSITE…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Decision Making, Females, Grade 12
GOFF, WILLIAM; AND OTHERS – 1967
CERTIFIED SCHOOL COUNSELORS WERE ASSIGNED TO TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO DEVELOP, USE, AND TEST VOCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL MATERIALS. ASPIRATION LEVELS OF STUDENTS IN ONE CLASS EACH IN THE SECOND, FOURTH, AND SIXTH GRADES IN EACH SCHOOL WERE ALSO EXPLORED AND RELATED TO OCCUPATIONAL POTENTIAL. METHODS OF USING OCCUPATIONAL MATERIALS EFFECTIVELY…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Career Development
Litten, Larry H.; And Others – 1980
The extent to which financial concerns cause high-ability high school students who desire highly-selective colleges to choose less-selective institutions was investigated, as was the influence of student and parent characteristics on this decision. Data collected from 1,483 students in six cities in the United States show that the more a…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, College Applicants, College Choice
Jacobson, Kerry – 1980
The major purposes of this study were: (1) to determine whether there were differences in student use of time in elementary schools; (2) to determine whether students who spend more time in reading and mathematics classes exhibit greater gains in reading and mathematics achievement; and (3) to determine whether there are quality measures of time…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Classroom Techniques
Reichard, Donald J.; And Others – 1979
Differences in selected characteristics of black and white freshman applicants to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a predominantly white university, were examined using data from the Student Descriptive Questionnaire developed by the College Entrance Examination Board. Background characteristics, special needs, extracurricular…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Black Students, College Admission, College Applicants
Endo, Jean J.; Harpel, Richard L. – 1979
As part of a Student Outcomes Model, a study was conducted of attrition in the 1975 freshman class at the University of Colorado using longitudinal survey data from nonreturning students and those currently enrolled. Discriminant analysis was employed to identify factors that distinguished persisters, academic dismissals, stopouts, and transfers.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, College Students
Bechtel, Judith – 1979
The purpose of this research was to identify and analyze student writing strategies and procedures. Six male college students, three high scorers and three low scorers on the Differential Aptitude Test, were videotaped while they wrote their regular English class assignments, two summaries and two essays. For each writing session, the students…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, College Students
SKELTON, ROBERT B. – 1958
SIX ACHIEVEMENT TESTS IN DIFFERENT SUBJECT AREAS THAT WERE ADMINISTERED TO COLLEGE FRESHMEN RESULTED IN BETTER PERFORMANCES BY STUDENTS WITH A FOREIGN LANGUAGE BACKGROUND. DESPITE VARIOUS EXPLANATIONS OFFERED (INTELLIGENCE, MOTIVATION), THE SUPERIORITY PERSISTS WHEN COMPARISON IS MADE WITH CITY HIGH SCHOOL PRODUCTS, GRADE POINT AVERAGE, OR HONOR…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Freshmen
Mallinson, George G. – 1969
Investigated were factors influencing science achievement at the college level of 1,191 students who graduated from 12 midwestern high schools in 1963. Factors investigated included interest, intelligence, high school achievement, and family background. Data sources included secondary school standardized tests, college transcripts, Kuder…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement, College Bound Students
Porter, Robert M. – 1968
Two hundred sixty secondary students from 33 schools took part in a program of Saturday seminars funded by Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The program was operated by the Catskill Area School Study Council for academically gifted, rural students to provide intellectual activity and stimulation beyond that offered in their…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Classes (Groups of Students), Curriculum, Enrichment
Shill, James F. – 1968
Differences between educational aspirations, expectations, and abilities of rural male seniors based upon their participation or non-participation in high school vocational agriculture programs were analyzed. Data were gathered from classroom questionnaires administered to 517 seniors, of whom 400 had had one or more years of vocational…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Agricultural Education
Powers, Donald E. – 1977
Factor analyses of two forms of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Aptitude Test were undertaken to better understand the abilities affecting test performance. Results suggest that three global abilities--two verbal and one quantitative--are consistently tapped by the GRE Aptitude Test. Other less prominent dimensions--some of which appear to…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Aptitude Tests, Cluster Grouping, College Entrance Examinations
