Analyses preparatory to construction of a suitable file for generating a system of future performance trend indicators are described. Such a system falls into the category of a current value approach to human resources accounting. It requires that there be a substantial body of data which: (1) uses the work group or unit, not the individual, as…

Following up on the previous year's study of first graders, this report describes a study of intervention at the second grade level in 73 North York, Ontario, public schools. Post-test data from the end of the first grade year were used to identify 417 pupils in need of special assistance in second grade. Post-testing was conducted near the end of…

The recent test score declines should initiate a reconsideration of basic and advanced skills, skills necessary for a rounded life, consumption, employment, leisure and political action. The importance of achievement test score declines requires a thorough consideration of these issues and questions. (JY) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt…

The effectiveness of six years of nongraded and graded elementary schooling was studied in seventh-grade students at four intelligence levels. All pupils profited equally cognitively. Pupils with lower IQ's benefitted affectively from nongraded schooling, while higher-IQ pupils profited from graded schooling. All pupils experienced affective…

A study, conducted to test the influence of biorhythms on law school performance, focused on academic disadvantages, absenteeism and withdrawal, biorhythm compatibility among students and teacher, and study efficiency. One conclusion is that outside employment and basic ability are more important than biorhythms in determining success. (JMD)

A study was conducted to measure the extent to which three learning strategies--practicing, monitoring and inferencing--affected student performance in three grade 10 (ages 14-15) and three grade 12 (ages 16-17) classes of French as a second language. (Author/HP)

Undergraduate students took a multiple choice, computer assisted test and received feedback (items with the correct answers identified) either: (1) immediately, item-by-item; (2) following the entire test; (3) 24 hours later; or (4) no feedback. Retention one to three weeks later was significantly better for delayed feedback, and confidence…

Results of research on children with learning disabilities indicate that the communication between parents and teachers of the child has less to do with the student's academic achievement than had been previously thought; however, a parent's active involvement with the school program itself may improve student performance. (JD)

Investigated the effectiveness of a specific approach to school-based consultation training that emphasized didactic methods, simulation exercises, and videotape analyses. Examined the effect of instructor feedback on trainees' acquisition of consultation skills. Found the training led to increased acquisition of consultation skills, but addition…

Describes the development of a computer-assisted college course in group performance skills (GPS) which was designed to expand the instructor's ability to monitor development of individual performance skills and assess their influence on the group output. Computer-mediated communication is explained, and its implications for distance education are…

Sentences evoked from three- to five-year-olds (N=16), analyzed for errors (particularly copying-without-deletion), showed errors when: the subject noun phrase (NP) contained a relative clause, the relative clause had an object gap, and the relative clause was long. (Author/CB)

Explores relationships among student performance prior to instruction, problems students are assigned and performance after instruction in fourth-grade mathematics. Results indicate that assigning challenging materials may lead to notable gains on test of fourth-grade mathematics. Discusses implication of results for possible modification of…

This study of individual differences in performance of a geometric analogies task included four-alternative test items and studied eye movements and confidence judgments as well as latency and error. Results were interpreted using two hypothesized performance strategies: constructive matching and response elimination. (Author/BW)

If public schools would emulate private schools in the following four inexpensive ways, they would enhance their chance of survival: (1) involve parents better, (2) increase expectations for students, (3) seek financial support to enhance school operation, and (4) advertise better. (DCS)

Investigates (1) the relationships between cognitive performance and cognitive styles and predictive possibilities and (2) performance differences by sex, school, grade, and income in 92 Indian adolescents. Assessment measures included Liquid Conservation, Islands, Goat-Lion, Hanoi-Tower, Rabbits (Piagetian); Block Design (WISC-R); Paper Cutting…