BETWEEN 1959 AND 1963, 351 TRANSFER STUDENTS ENTERING EL CAMINO COLLEGE WERE IN A PROBATIONARY STATUS BECAUSE OF UNSATISFACTORY GRADES EARNED AT THEIR PREVIOUS INSTITUTIONS. OF THIS GROUP, 55 PERCENT WERE LATER SUCCESSFUL (REMOVED THEMSELVES FROM PROBATIONARY STATUS). MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF THOSE TRANSFERRING FROM 4-YEAR INSTITUTIONS AND 33…

This is an exploratory effort to determine factors available at the time of application for admission, which will better identify who among marginal applicants are most likely to succeed in college. Some 19 marginal applicants to Hope College were studied in terms of admissions data, their performance in the specially designed summer trial…

This is a report of a Conference of State Supervisors of Mathematics held at the University of Virginia December 4-9, 1969. The long-range goal of the conference was "to stimulate replication of successful compensatory programs in mathematics for low achieving students." Forty-eight state supervisors representing 34 states and Puerto Rico…

Seven experiments were conducted to help answer the question, "What can parents and teachers of an underachieving child do to help that child?" Though many school programs exist for such children, many remain underachievers despite absence of serious "emotional" or socio-economic problems. A simple inexpensive technique was designed to raise…

Four methods of teaching algebra to educationally disadvantaged students entering college were compared. (SD)

Takes the view that economic performance and academic achievement together reflect a general value orientation which has much to do with levels of motivation among the population as a whole, and suggests some measures for raising levels of achievement motivation. (BR)

The author describes a valid, reliable, and inexpensive modified pull-up test capable of discriminating among subjects of low strength and endurance. (MJB)

Reports briefly on two major studies dealing with desegregation and achievement. One study is an evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA). The other, a three year study by the Educational Testing Service, is concerned with learning how to foster effective desegregation and integration. (Author/AM)

Examined three definitions of learning disabilities (LD), ability-achievement discrepancy, low achievement, and scatter, to determine common variance among 48 LD children and 96 non-LD children. Factor analysis resulted in two distinct groupings of LD students; low achievement accounted for over four times as much variance as ability-achievement…

Achievement behavior is defined as behavior directed at demonstrating high ability. Ability is conceived as relative to one's own past performance, or relative to that of others. Conditions under which these conceptions of ability function as individual's goals and the nature of subjective experience in each case are specified. (Author/BW)

After a year of participation in an intermediary setting, the "Learning Laboratory," analyses of pre- and post-academic measures indicated that sixth- to eighth-grade learning disabled students demonstrated significant reading gains when compared with control students; ninth- to twelfth-grade learning disabled students did not demonstrate academic…

Paper discusses the etiology of low educational achievement in black students and the inequalities in the social system which render black youth the victims of unjust social policies. (Author)

Describes the steps taken by a junior high language arts teacher to motivate undisciplined and unwilling students toward attaining language skills. (GB)

Questions dealing with educational objectives, curriculum, textbooks, basic skills, and relevance of the general mathematics courses offered to low achievers in secondary school are discussed. (JG)

Briefly describes a program which acquaints students with what employers expect of them, helps develop techniques for job interviews, and presents possibility of permanent employment. (Author)