Reports on two studies, one about students whose degree goals are discrepant with their ability, and another concerning students whose family income seems discrepant with their degree goals. Both subgroups were compared with students whose aspirations seemed more "appropriate. Except in the degree of nonacademic achievement, students in the…

The director of the Open University's Institute of Educational Technology describes the work of the staff in four major areas: analyzing what is involved in subject-matter competence; diagnosing Open University students' abilities; creating conditions for improved instruction; and measuring achievement. (Editor/AK)

An investigation of the criteria teachers use when discriminating among students who are approximately equal in measured achievement but whom teachers recommend for different tracks. (Author)

Modifications of administration and item arrangement of a conventional test can force a match between item difficulty levels and the ability level of the examinee. Although different examinees take different sets of items, the scoring method provides comparable scores for all. Furthermore, the test is self-scoring. These advantages are obtained…

Many children do poorly in school because of emotional and other problems. A thorough analysis of the child's problems should be made, and an effort should be exerted to help him accept himself and to feel important. After these steps have been taken, both teachers and parents must accept the child's achievement level as adequate for him. (CK)

The greatest asset of American higher education is that a multiplicity of admissions policies are encouraged. (IR)

On the basis of academic and non academic performance it was concluded that admissions personnel should look closer at marginally acceptable private school students. Also, second thought should be given to whether there are real advantages in attending private schools when home and public school conditions are healthy and challenging. (Author/BY)

Uses scores on the I (inner support) scale of Personal Orientation Inventory correlated with term grade point average, to clarify relationship between the two and to comment on previous research by Leib and Snyder. Findings support their conclusions of no direct relationship but rather a secondary one through separate relationships with other…

Empirical evidence analyzed indicates that achievement of college students in economics is predicted by age, student ability, and quality of instruction. Their attitudes towards economics are explained by several socioeconomic variables, the students' perceptions of the quality of instruction, and the changes in the students' expected grades.…

There are vast differences in life experiences and advantages for all college students, not just student athletes; to shunt off the super athlete lacking minimum skills into a second-rate educational training is inexcusable. Institutions that have "turned professional" have become football franchises dabbling in education. (MLW)

Second and third graders' competence to integrate knowledge of their ability and effort, as they would function in the child's success on a reading task, was examined in terms of the constraints of the stages of the Genevan operativity model. (Author/PN)

The Council for the Advancement of Experiential Learning (CAEL) held a conference on the uses and assessment of experiential learning in graduate education in 1981. Using an earlier report the CAEL wished to measure the progress of ten years. The reexamination of graduate education is advocated. (MLW)