Examined the attitudes of 360 students in grades 6 through 9 toward standardized achievement tests. Results showed scores on the Stanford Achievement Test were significantly related to students' perceptions of individual effort, test importance, and the use schools make of test results. (JAC)

Describes the use of Relaxation and Imagery Training (RIT) to aid in performance improvement. Illustrates the effectiveness of the technique for athletic and performing art teams with two case studies, and suggests that it might be useful with other clients to increase personal strengths. (JAC)

Reported is a study exploring the hypothesis that gains in reading achievement result when teachers assess the students and predict improvements in reading ability. (GW)

Research indicated that visual discrimination training could compensate for the impulsive response style of first-graders on reading tests. (GW)

Discusses research which explored the hypothesis that students who are fast starters in a personalized system of instruction psychology course would perform better and maintain faster course progress rates than slow starters. Findings indicate that students' starting pace is predictive of course performance and subsequent progress rates.…

Campus officers (N=52) were administered seven personality and attitude measures. Their performance was predicted on nine criterion measures, using multiple regression. Results yielded significant predictions on all criteria, but showed each criterion was associated with different, sometimes opposite characteristics. Negative racial attitudes were…

To help the Middle College National Consortium to learn about students' perspectives on the transition to college, the National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools and Teaching (NCREST) conducted two focus groups with 13th grade students at two Middle College-Early College high schools. There was consensus by the students in the focus…

Researchers and education leaders may seek to identify high-performing schools for at least three purposes. The first is to study how the practices in high-performing schools differ from those in average- or low-performing schools, in the hope that some of these practices will prove useful in improving other schools. The second is to use the…

Maryland's 1988 Higher Education Reorganization Act established an accountability process that requires the governing boards of public colleges and universities to submit annual performance accountability reports to the Maryland Higher Education Commission. In 2001, the Commission approved major changes in the accountability process and…

This paper focuses on the Computer Assisted Education (CAE) in Turkey; reviews of the related literature; examines the projects, applications and problems on the Computer Assisted Education (CAE) in Turkey compares with the World; exposes the positive and negative aspects of the projects; a number of the suggestion presents on the effective use of…

Increasing interest in research on workplace learning and performance provides an ideal opportunity to examine how much research is actually published and to identify the focus of research in HRD. This study involved a content analysis of articles on workplace learning and performance published in the four AHRD journals. Results indicated studies…

This paper discusses the outcomes of a study that investigated the effects of Special Olympics certification of coaches upon the performances of 160 competitors (ages 12-41) with mental retardation from 22 countries who participated in the 1987 International Special Olympics. Composite standardized scores for all five events of the pentathlon were…

Policymakers and educators agree that family involvement in children's education is closely linked to children's school success. An important question, however, is "does fathers' involvement matter, as well?" This issue brief looks at the link between fathers' involvement in their children's schools and kindergartners' through 12th…

This progress interim report describes trends in implementation, school performance, and related factors for a sample of schools participating in the New American Schools (NAS) program. NAS is a program funding the development of designs aimed at transforming entire schools at the elementary and secondary levels. This evaluation focuses on the…

A study extended research on the Kentucky Principal Intern Program (KPIP) as it provides job-embedded development for new administrators through a 1-year mentoring and internship program. Subjects (N=97) were public school principals and assistant principals who were participating in KPIP in 1998-99. Survey research was used to collect data about…