This article contains the results of a study which showed men who had participated in intercollegiate athletics had fared as well or better in their ability to earn money than those men who had not taken part in the intercollegiate athletic program. (RC)

The article describes three basic approaches (the avoidance approach, simplification approach, and improvement approach) for minimizing or alleviating the reading problems among students. (Author/BP)

Suggests that priming can serve as a useful technique to help equalize in-class participation of students with widely varying cognitive abilities. (RB)

A new subtraction algorithm is described and illustrated. Research by the author has shown the method to be easier for low achievers, as well as useful as enrichment for average students. (SD)

Students exhibiting poor academic performance can be grouped into three categories: those with limited access to the curriculum, those with little interest in traditional schoolwork, and those with low ability. This report lists typical characteristics of students of these types, offers some possible solutions to their performance problems, and…

A recently conducted Army survey makes a solid case for differentiated instruction in which slow students get a lot of help while fast ones get less. (Author)

Part of a series of papers reporting research on learning disabled (LD) adolescents, the paper reports findings of a study to determine the availability and use of support services, both in and external to secondary school settings, for 234 LD, 222 low achieving (LA), and 215 normal achieving (NA) students. Questions were asked regarding the types…

The study involving two low achieving first graders was designed to develop a remediation strategy offering increased opportunities for student responses through the rearrangement of skills and the teaching format. Four questions were addressed: What are the effects of the rearrangement of skills and the teaching format in the Ginn 720 Reading…

There is evidence that anticipating continued performance at a task can enhance one's need for control, and will thereby influence the kinds of attributions that are made for one's performance. Causal attributions for performance in an introductory psychology course were examined with respect to students' estimates of the likelihood of their…

Individual pupil scores, school characteristics, and characteristics of reading programs were assessed in elementary school programs in 36 communities, forming a data bank of information on 6,753 students from grades one through six enrolled in special reading programs across the country. A series of analyses were performed to determine the school…

Part of the 1968 conference of the Military Testing Association, this open panel meeting discussed the testing of Project 100,000 personnel (disadvantaged young men previously not acceptable for military service, who are now being recruited or induced under new standards adopted in 1966). Papers were presented on problems of recruit training,…

A special chemistry course was designed and written for the nonscience major or non collegebound secondary school student. Both the textbook and the laboratory manual were field tested in two small rural schools of southwestern New Mexico; students from four similar schools served as controls. Student populations involved were of mixed ethnic…