Thirty-two member groups of college females competed in competition sessions, one cooperative and one noncooperative. Group success-failure feedback was manipulated so that each group was successful in one session, unsuccessful in the other. Successful teams reported higher perceived ability, greater satisfaction, and lower state anxiety than the…

Discusses some of the deleterious results that school desegregation has had for Black children. (Author/AM)

This article assesses the impact of collaborative activity between universities/colleges and public schools in Boston, now in its third full year of operation since the 1975 federal court order desegregating the public schools. (Author/AM)

For the hundreds of thousands of minority children contained in the urban schools of the nation by de jure policies and practices, the promise of Brown vs. the Board of Education will prove empty and illusory, unless the problems of metropolitan-wide, interdistrict desegregation are met. (Author/AM)

This research was undertaken to determine the factor structure of the 26-item revised versions of the Mehrabian (1968) Female and Male scales, a self-report instrument designed to measure achievement motivation. (Author/RK)

The design of this experiment was based on the assumption that a stressful atmosphere, on the one hand, and failure at a preliminary task, on the other, would each make an independent, additive contribution to an examinee's state of internal arousal. Because of a supposed curvilinear relationship between arousal and task performance, it was…

A formal elaboration of the original theory of achievement motivation (Atkinson, 1957; Atkinson & Feather, 1966) is proposed that includes personal standards as determinants of motivational tendencies. The results of an experiment are reported that examines the validity of some of the implications of the elaborated model proposed here. (Author/RK)

The article focuses on teacher-student interaction as a factor in school failure and academic underachievement. (CL)

In general, the seven magnet high schools haven't worked as a way of keeping whites in Philadelphia's schools. Despite the millions spent on new magnet schools, nearly all of them are more segregated today than when they opened. (Author)

The typical complaints, the underlying reasons for the discontent, and some suggestions for ways of dealing with the problems of students in overseas study programs are discussed. (MC)

Presents axioms about scholarship, learning, English scholarship, and English teaching and examines a little recognized intellectual crisis in current English scholarship. (GW)

This study tested Tinto's theoretical model of attrition. After controlling for student sex, academic aptitude, and personality attributes, freshman persisters were found to have a significantly higher frequency of interactions along six dimensions than were voluntary leavers. (Editor/LBH)

This article reviews a suit brought by a high school graduate against a public school district alleging negligence and misrepresentation in academic instruction. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff was unable to read or write above fifth grade level because of the school's failure to educate him. The case was dismissed. (Author/GC)

Peer and adult evaluators were used to examine sex differences in responses of 108 fifth graders to failure feedback. Performance in boys improved with feedback from adult agents but did not change with peer feedback. Performance in girls improved with peer feedback but showed little improvement with adult feedback. (GO)

Black (n=63) and White (n=74) infants, aged 6-13 months, were screened by tympanometry for middle-ear dysfunction. More White infants than Black failed initial screening. Retest of initial failures after a 6-week interval showed an overall reduction in failure rates, but the significant racial effect was still obtained. (Author/JDD)