This study examined the effects of .5-, 1.0- and 5.0-second interresponse intervals on children's lever-pulling responses following success and failure on a ball tower task. (WY)

The author outlines six tactics which undermine the success of programs designed to mainstream handicapped students. Among the measures pointed out is failing to include regular education teachers in special in-service workshops. (SBH)

The Risk Appraisal Instrument was adapted and applied to records of 538 graduates of a nursing program 1995-1998. The instrument correctly classified nearly 61% of failures on the National Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nurses and correctly predicted 72% of overall results. In comparison, statistically more complex methods classify 76-92%…

Describes methods for salvaging training sessions that are unsuccessful. Includes examples of problems caused by office politics, disruptive students, equipment failures, and cultural differences. (JOW)

Suggests that being fired is not the stigma it once was. Looks at 20 famous "failures" and where they are now, including Steven Jobs, Michael Milken, William Agee, Jimmy Johnson, and Ivan Boesky. (JOW)

Contends that, examined in terms of its outcomes, permanency planning movement has failed. Argues that movement has failed mainly because of its lack of impact on provision of preventive and supportive services and because of its superimposition on child welfare system with dysfunctional structure in regard to prevention. Proposes fundamental…

Cascade training is the process of articulating training for different levels of employees in order to provide the necessary competence to ensure that organizational change is institutionalized. Four designs for cascade training are hierarchical, process, employee role, and target. (Contains 17 references.) (SK)

In this comment the author reviews briefly the evidence documenting the failure of Holland's (1997) hexagonal congruence model to predict meaningful vocational outcomes, considers the excuses generally offered for the failure of Holland's system, and comments briefly on Eggerth and Andrew's (2006 [this issue]) proposed modification of the C index.…

This study demonstrates an existence proof for "productive failure": engaging students in solving complex, ill-structured problems without the provision of support structures can be a productive exercise in failure. In a computer-supported collaborative learning setting, eleventh-grade science students were randomly assigned to one of…

School transitions and educational innovations confront students with changes in their learning environment. Though expectations are known to influence perceptions and motivation, which, in turn, influence the effectiveness of any situation, students' expectations for a new learning environment have received little attention. This longitudinal…

Young children entering school with poor oral vocabulary skills may be doubly disadvantaged. Their poor oral vocabulary skills will likely impede their attempts to become proficient readers while also possibly increasing the frequency of their problem behaviors. Dialogic reading (DR) is a scientifically validated shared storybook reading…

There is a limited literature on academic failure in higher education despite the fact that failure is a common experience among undergraduates. Student and course characteristics were examined in relation to proportions of fail grades assigned in a Faculty of Arts. Concerns had been expressed that combinations of two grades, F (failure to reach a…

This article aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the participative, democratic model of governance commonly found within social enterprises. This model has its origins in the broader not-for-profit sector where it is widely adopted. A core assumption of this governance form is that it ensures that the organisation will take a range of views into…

Despite the importance of social support across the lifespan and extensive research on supportive communication between adults, little is known about how children or adolescents respond to the comforting efforts of their peers. The current study was designed to examine how 5th, 7th, and 9th graders evaluate six peer comforting strategies…