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Brennan, E. J. T. – Trends in Education, 1974
Discussed the concept of career education and the educational features of vocational-technical schools. (RK)
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Learning Motivation
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Karvonen, Juhani – Comparative Education Review, 1974
This article has briefly described the democratization process of decision-making in Finnish secondary education. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Environment, Educational History, Learning Motivation
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Dickinson, Donald J. – Psychology in the Schools, 1974
Taking children off reinforcement programs apparently does not have the detrimental effects that many believe it to have. In this study, students who had been removed from a reinforcement program two years earlier made significantly greater gains in reading achievement than students who had not been involved in any reinforcement program.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Strategies, Learning Motivation, Motivation
Zahn, Jane – Adult Educ, 1969
Revised version of paper presented at the annual meeting of the Adult Education Association (Philadelphia, Penn., November 1967).
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Attitudes, Behavior Change, Conflict
Boyle, Richard P. – Sociol Educ, 1969
Research supported by the Iowa Urban Community Research Center.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Creativity, Grading, Input Output
Ack, Marvin – Coll Univ, 1969
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Learning Experience, Learning Motivation
Petrusich, Mary Margaret – Peabody J Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Educational Change, Learning Experience
Klein, J. P.; and others – Amer Educ Res J, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Achievement Gains, Anxiety
Overly, Norman V.; And Others – 1980
Following an assessment of the present situation of lifelong learning, particularly in the U.S., a model is presented for the symtematic development of the concept and its implications for society. The basis presented for the model is the definition: ..."any purposeful learning that an individual (actor) engages in throughout the life span,"…
Descriptors: Definitions, Delivery Systems, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices
SMOCK, CHARLES D.; AND OTHERS – 1961
THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF INCENTIVE MOTIVATIONAL CONDITIONS ON SELECTED ASPECTS OF PERCEPTION AND CONCEPT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE OF SLOW LEARNING, AVERAGE, AND BRIGHT CHILDREN. THE TOTAL POPULATION OF THE FOURTH-GRADE CHILDREN IN A PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS ADMINISTERED THE TEST OF EDUCATIONAL ABILITY. CHILDREN…
Descriptors: Child Development, Concept Formation, Elementary Schools, High Achievement
Tough, 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
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McKee, 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
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