This study investigated the relation of differing patterns of counselor verbal behavior to the progress of participants in counseling groups. More specifically, the study compared changes in school attendance and achievement by low-achieving high school students who participated in counseling groups differing in quantity and quality of counselor…

Sixty-six first graders who needed individual help in sight word instruction were equally divided into the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group received extra tutoring on sight word vocabulary while the control group had only classroom instruction. The tutors, 33 fifth graders identified as low achievers in reading,…

This document is a source book for those who see the need to provide more meaningful mathematical experiences for students who have experienced little or no success in traditional programs. It is in four parts. In the first part, three innovative general mathematics projects are described. The second part outlines the mathematics laboratory…

The research of this study is directed toward finding ways to change behaviors that interfere with education for disadvantaged children. Accordingly, some pilot research was done in a disadvantaged senior high school in Kansas City, Kansas, in 1969. During the subsequent two-year investigation, the researchers were able to develop an experimental…

The Analytical Review Project, conducted by UCLA's Center for the Study of Evaluation under the auspices of the U.S. Office of Education, evaluated 20 major longitudinal studies of the impact of schools and colleges on students' cognitive, personal, and vocational development. This project included a critical appraisal of the methodology used in…

In this study the responses of 30 colleges seniors who over-achieved in terms of predicted grade point average (GPA), were compared with those made by 38 high ability under-achievers. Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores and GPA's were compared with those for two groups of students performing as predicted. Over-achievers were found to be…

A narrative of about 100 pages and an accompanying workbook which attempted to imbed mathematics content in fiction were used with eight classes of seventh grade underachievers. Pretests and posttests covering open sentences, computations, and algorithms were given, along with reading vocabulary and reading comprehension tests. Results showed that…

This report contains the findings of a two-year experiment with junior high school low achievers in mathematics. The main purpose of the experiment was to develop a program which would relieve low achieving junior high school students from the burdens of computation as much as possible. The experiment was also designed to determine what effect…

The study attempted to determine the extent to which a mathematics laboratory would enable both slow and gifted learners to gain in achievement in mathematics and to develop more positive attitudes toward mathematics. On the basis of ability, achievement in school, and results on the California Achievement Test, 75 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade…

Evidence indicates that college grades have increased on the average and that the college-bound population has decreased in traditional kinds of academic skills, based on observed declines on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Test (ACT). But the relationship between these traditional skills and grades appears not to have…

A comparison of personality characteristics of persistent low- and high-achieving pharmacy students showed high achievement associated with a planned, orderly life style and introversion. Contrary to previous findings in college, medical and law school, practical and fact-oriented pharmacy students achieved as well as those valuing imagination,…

This article examines the practice of academic tracking--how it operates and how it is perceived in a school. An attempt is made to detail how the stigma generated by low track placement is managed by students. (Author/EB)

Study habits and memorization strategies were found to differ in fourth grade good readers and poor readers. The good readers also achieved higher recall. With training in efficient mnemonic strategies, however, the poor readers performed as well as the good readers. (GDC)

Research into the causes of the unsatisfactory educational performance of many black students has focused on linguistic and cultural differences of blacks. Institutionalized racism, however, should be recognized as the major factor affecting black academic achievement. Black students should not be evaluated by the same criteria as white students.…

Discusses mathematical retardation as a construct and examines the possible contributions of emotional factors, socioeconomic factors, poor teaching, cognitive factors, and sex difference to low achievement in mathematics. (JB)