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Download full textde K. Monteith, J. L.; de Wet, J. J. – 1984
The study compared gifted achievers (N=50) and underachievers (N=50) with each other and with average ability achievers and underachievers. Subjects were obtained from the total standard 10 Afrikaans speaking cohort in the Orange Free State (Republic of South Africa). Ability/achievement discrepancy scores were calculated for the entire cohort,…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Foreign Countries, Gifted, High Achievement
Brown, Virginia L. – 1984
The chapter outlines an approach to teaching behavior-disordered students to follow the largely unwritten rules of being "good students." A section on research and theory addresses attributions and perceptions, dependence, study skills, and social skills training. Assessment philosophy and procedures are reviewed, including the collection of…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Personal Autonomy
Biggs, J. B. – 1976
Existing research indicates that particular study strategies are deployed with differing success according to certain critical personality factors, most notably a syndrome of characteristics related to internal or external locus of control. Institutional factors that have an effect on study behaviour include Faculty membership (Arts/Science), mode…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Students, Educational Research
Buckner, Donald R. – NCEA Bull, 1969
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Catholic Schools, College Administration, College Housing
Covington, Martin V.; And Others – 1980
Recent research on classroom achievement dynamics suggests a conflict of teacher/student values regarding effort expenditure. Student effort is clearly rewarded and the indifferences punished by teachers. From the student perspective, expending effort when risking failure is a potential threat because high effort/failure invites ascriptions to low…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, College Students, Conflict
Vaughan, Joseph L., Jr., Ed.; Gaus, Paula J., Ed. – 1978
This monograph is the second in a series of semiannual reports that focus on research related to reading in secondary schools. The first section contains two literature reviews dealing with study habits and study skills related to reading. The second section offers two reviews related to prereading anticipation activities, including the advance…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Phillips, George O., Sr. – 1970
Certain study habits and attitudes of 102 disadvantaged college students were investigated. The students were assigned to one of four groups, and each group, except the control group which received no instruction, was taught reading by either the teacher-guidance, the individualized, or the audiovisual instructional approach. The course content…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, College Students, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged
Morris, June E.; Nolan, Carson Y. – 1970
Four interim progress reports describe various aspects of the Aural Study Systems for the Visually Handicapped research project, designed to explore processes involved in aural learning by the blind and to develop an entire system of study using recorded texts. Prior to development of hardware and specifications for software for such a system, a…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Processes, Material Development
Alsobrook, James M. – 1969
This study is concerned with three major problem areas which confront college students, especially new freshmen. These problem areas are social adjustment, study problems, and values or standards of conduct. Samples consisted of 296 freshmen living in double rooms, and 60 students selected at a later date. While the original concern was about…
Descriptors: Ability, College Freshmen, College Students, Dropouts
Blai, Boris, Jr. – 1970
An anonymous questionnaire was circulated among Harcum Junior College female students and students at six community colleges of the City University of New York (CUNY) in order to obtain answers to the following questions: (1) What do Harcum students read? (2) How well do they read? (3) What are their reading preferences? (4) What are their…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Questionnaires, Reading Habits, Reading Interests
Council for Exceptional Children, Arlington, VA. – 1971
Nine papers concerning various aspects of diagnostic and resource teaching deal with the impact of crisis-resource teaching on the Falls Church, Virginia public schools, the role and requirements of the diagnostic teacher, the effectiveness of resource rooms for children with specific learning disabilities, basic problems in diagnosis, an overview…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Conference Reports, Crisis Intervention, Diagnostic Teaching
Johnson, Mary Ann – 1971
Developed through the Career Options Research and Development (CORD) Project, this teacher's manual should be useful in the training of paraprofessionals for the human services areas. Included in the manual is a discussion of several problem situations which teachers in the human services areas may encounter, including adult learning and the…
Descriptors: Guides, Health Occupations, Human Services, Paraprofessional Personnel
Anderson, Thomas H.; Tippy, Paul H. – 1971
This study is the first of a larger research program aimed at identifying and parameters affecting the selection of, completion of, and achievement in correspondence study. A 15-item questionnaire and a cover letter which explained the project were mailed to 486 students who were enrolled in at least one correspondence course. Only 134 of the…
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Extension Education, Instructional Materials, Postsecondary Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Elementary Curriculum Development. – 1972
Presented is the basis for an integrated approach to teaching reading skills and mathematics concepts at the elementary school level. A general explanation of concept formation, of oral and written language, and of mathematics symbols, with specific suggestions as to their application in mathematics, is included in the first section of the…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary School Mathematics, Independent Study, Instruction
Demicell, Jeanette Ann – 1976
A sample of 132 college students was randomly assigned to lecture, lecture-discussion, independent-study, or control conditions in an investigation of the relationship of reading efficiency, personality factors, and study habits to instructional conditions. Analysis of results revealed that there were no significant differences in success rates of…
Descriptors: College Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Higher Education, Personality
