An investigation was made of the ways in which good readers (scoring at or above grade level on word attack and comprehension), difference-poor readers (scoring at or above grade level on word attack but below grade level on comprehension), and deficit-poor readers (scoring below grade level on word attack and comprehension) differ in their use of…

This paper is one in a series of four describing a boy-oriented program for elementary school children. It describes a "boy-oriented" classroom, playground, and extracurricular activities; a staff-development program; and development of a "boy-oriented" program package for dissemination purposes. It presents an evaluation of the program showing…

A QUESTIONNAIRE ADMINISTERED TO 236 STUDENTS ADMITTED TO LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE ON PROBATION BECAUSE OF LOW TEST SCORES WAS DESIGNED TO STUDY THE ATTITUDES OF SUCH STUDENTS TOWARD ACADEMIC SKILLS AND ABILITIES, ACTIVITIES AND TIME ALLOTMENT, AND ATTITUDE AND ASPIRATION LEVEL. THREE DIMENSIONS WERE INCLUDED--(1) THE STUDENT'S SELF-PERCEPTION, (2)…

CALIFORNIA'S "OPEN-DOOR" POLICY HAS LED TO AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF LOW-ABILITY STUDENTS IN THE JUNIOR COLLEGES. IN SPRING, 1964, LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE BEGAN AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM FOR 64 STUDENTS WHO SCORED BELOW THE 11TH PERCENTILE ON THE SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ABILITY TESTS. FACULTY VOLUNTEERED THEIR SERVICES, AND AN INTEGRATED…

THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITIONS ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS WERE REVIEWED. THE AVERAGE LIFE SPAN WAS FOUND TO BE NOT MORE THAN 41 YEARS, AND A CIRCLE OF POVERTY, DISEASE, AND DEPRESSION WAS DISCOVERED. THE SCHOOLING OF INDIAN CHILDREN PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN THEIR EVENTUAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISINTEGRATION. THE LACK OF INITIATIVE ON THE PART OF…

Developed in these materials is a concept of measurement. The unit begins with a fictitious system of measurement from which basic ideas about measurement are to be retained and later applied to other systems of measurement. It is hypothesized that it is easier for the student to abstract principles from a less tangible and unfamiliar system than…

These materials are designed especially for the low achieving student in mathematics. The booklet contains numerous sports-related exercises which have been prepared as examples of supplementary worksheets. The exercises are designed to take advantage of the student's interest in sports. Materials for this booklet, including the worksheets which…

Formal instruction in music today is primarily conducted in tonal idioms, although contemporary music tends to be atonal in nature. One of the reasons commonly given is that if fundamental instruction were given in atonal idiom only, the students would be handicapped in understanding serious music which is tonal in nature. To test the argument…

This report presents the initial findings of a study of low achievers in junior high school mathematics. The regular syllabus for seventh grade mathematics in the school dictated the mathematical topics to be attempted, and a series of units was developed and tried out during the year. Underlying the instruction was the primary objective that the…

Evidence indicates that disadvantaged children are intellectually inferior to middle class children at the time they enter school; and as school continues, the gap widens. The environment of the disadvantaged child lacks much of the opportunity and stimulation for intellectual growth present in the middle and upper class environments and generally…

Social class discrimination in the schooling process is less a product of teachers' attitudes than of the systems by which schools group students. Although class bias has been demonstrated in grading practices and other key decision points, numerous studies have shown that teachers are less to blame for inequitable learning situations than…

This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of an additional basic language-development program on the science academic achievement of low-achieving kindergarten pupils. From responses on a performance test, an experimental and a control group were formed. Both groups received instruction in science. The experimental group also received…

Several studies have attempted to hypothesize about the probable effects on student academic performance at the Commonwealth campus versus Unitersity Park freshman admission for the Pennsylvania State University. This report imposes a framework of predictive modelling on the data in order to derive some notion of the weight of variables in…

This teacher's edition of a tenth grade general mathematics workbook attempts to show how certain mathematical skills are needed by the consumer. Each of the ten instructional units contains review exercises, practical applications, and practice problems for three levels of ability. Included are units on: (1) business forms, (2) algebra, (3)…

The effects of fixed-ratio and variable-ratio reinforcement classroom reading performance was investigated. Subjects were 50 boys and 50 girls from four grade-2 classrooms of one elementary school. The subjects were divided into three reading levels, above-average, average, and below-average, and were randomly assigned to (1) a no-reinforcement…