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Download full textTough, Allen – 1968
Designed for use in a 1968 study of why adults learn, this interview schedule contains situation-description and question sheets for use by the interviewer and subject for examining thirteen reasons why adults begin and why they continue a learning project. (The study, "Why Adults Learn: A Study of the Major Reasons for Beginning and Continuing a…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, Goal Orientation, Interviews
CUNLIFF, DONALD D. – 1967
A STUDY REGARDING THE INSTALLATION OF CARPET IN SCHOOLS IS DISCUSSED. THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO HAVE A CONSULTANT REVIEW UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE DISTRICT BUILDING AND GROUNDS SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE SOFT FLOOR COVERING INSTALLATIONS AT ARAGON AVENUE AND TWENTY-FOURTH STREET SCHOOLS. SECTIONS…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Carpeting, Costs, Evaluation
PDF pending restorationMcKee, John M. – 1966
In working with a disadvantaged population, such as the young adult prisoners at Draper Correctional Center, one of the first considerations in motivating them to acquire academic skills is to aid them in establishing reasonable and attainable education goals. After a meaningful goal has been accepted, the learner's specific deficiencies must be…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Objectives, Individual Instruction
Eubanks, James L. – 1976
Three consecutive experiments examined the effect of offering college students performance-contingent points toward their final course grade under various combinations of knowledge of correct response and rules with examples of how to perform the task. Students who were offered points and received rules with examples scored lower on an immediate…
Descriptors: Achievement, Advance Organizers, College Students, Cues
Sanders, Mark S.; Freedman, Steven – 1974
Locke has concluded that motivational knowledge of results (KR) has no effect on performance if goal is controlled. Previous studies, however, always afforded to No KR groups some KR. In the present study a 2x2 factorial design (KR-No KR; low-high goal) was used. Stringent controls were instituted to eliminate all KR, in the No KR conditions. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Feedback, Learning Motivation, Objectives
Young, Shirley M. – 1971
An innovative and effective laboratory experiment of chemical reference literature is reported. The objectives of the experiment are to acquaint the first term student of college chemistry with the vast source of chemical literature that is available to him; to raise the general level of scientific literacy of these first term college students;…
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Students, Laboratory Experiments, Learning Motivation
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1970
Originally designed to improve the education of disadvantaged children in the public schools, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was amended in 1966 to include children in state institutions who are handicapped, orphaned, neglected, or delinquent. In this collection of brief essays, educators from programs in various parts of…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Disadvantaged Youth, English Curriculum, Essays
Mizelle, Richard M.; Farley, Frank H. – 1971
The contribution to learning of the learning materials' arousal properties was investigated using degree of interest of the stimulus and response terms as the index of arousal. Words equated on meaningfulness, imagery, and concreteness and rated as high (H), medium (M), and low (L) in interest were used to represent the 3 levels of interest, and…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Interest Research, Learning Motivation, Paired Associate Learning
Meara, Naomi M.; Wixson, Stanton E. – 1970
The study is based on the assumption that certain noncognitive factors influence the learning process, and attempts to tentatively isolate what such variables might be. Subjects were 93 students enrolled in a General Psychology course. Each completed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and was then assigned randomly to one of 4 treatment groups: (1)…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning, Learning Motivation, Learning Processes
Yvon, Bernard R., Comp. – 1971
The aim of the Rural Improvement Project of Maine from Spring, 1969-Fall, 1970 was to improve the quality of rural education through an innovative attempt to utilize specialized, trained personnel (Cooperating Rural Resource Teachers; associate teachers; teacher aides; 3 undergraduate teachers; and an elementary guidance counselor) and to…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Quality, Elementary Education, Learning Motivation
Peer reviewedRingkamp, Henry – NASSP Bulletin, 1975
A visitor to Japanese secondary schools in the Tokyo area with a tour group sponsored by NASSP, this writer explains what he learned after observing schools and speaking with educators and officials. He found the Japanese student generally highly motivated and well-disciplined. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Development, Educational Policy, Learning Motivation
Peer reviewedRoueche, John E. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1976
Teacher expectations are the key factor in the design of a therapeutic learning environment which will increase student retention, improve levels of learning, and result in better student motivation. Five specific suggestions are made by which teachers can demonstrate positive expectations for students.
Descriptors: Educational Therapy, Expectation, Learning Experience, Learning Motivation
Peer reviewedJerdonek, Clare – Peabody Journal of Education, 1978
The author describes the successful use of a variety of interventions in providing motivation for cognitive development in a group of forty-two sixth graders. (MJB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Cognitive Ability, Educational Problems
Peer reviewedHopkins, Richard L. – Educational Horizons, 1978
Freedom for children is a societal trend, not just an educational one, and it shows up in changing child-rearing practices as well as in changing educational practices in schools. Despite the "back-to-basics" movement, we are struggling now, says the author, for the courage to minimize our artificially imposed restrictions on our children--to open…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Child Development, Civil Liberties, Educational Trends
Peer reviewedAdelman, Howard S. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1978
Available from: Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091.
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Etiology, Evaluation, Intervention
