Introduction: In this cross-sectional, descriptive research we studied the relation between three psychological variables (anxiety, depression and attention) in order to analyze their possible association with and predictive power for academic achievement (as expressed in school grades) in a sample of secondary students. Method: For this purpose…

This qualitative study explores how using Peer Learning Forums (PLF) in an online asynchronous computer programming course can be analyzed to derive information about Student Activity Focus (SAF) for adult Information Technology students. Three instruments are proposed to assist instructors classify questions posted by students on these forums,…

The number of students who are being identified as having a learning disability is rising at an alarming rate, creating concerns regarding misdiagnoses and overrepresentation of minority groups in special education. Response to Intervention (RtI) has emerged as a scientifically validated approach to delivering quality interventions early in a…

The present study investigated the reading attitude of struggling elementary students at risk for reading failure. Twenty-nine first-grade and 32 second-grade struggling readers were given the Elementary Reading Attitude Survey (McKenna & Kear, 1990). First-grade struggling readers favored more academic reading activities while second-grade…

Millennials, which includes persons born between 1982 and 2002, often have been characterized as a mixed bag with two over-arching variables used in describing this population: (1) the diverse nature of the group; and (2) the closeness that exists between them and their parents. In the case of the latter, millennials have a closeness to their…

Individuals with low working memory capacity (e.g. preschoolers) are more prone to goal neglect, or a failure to execute a goal even though it is understood. We examined the role of goal neglect in performance on the Dimensional Change Card Sort by including 'redundant' cards that could be sorted without attending to the rules, as well as the…

This author speculates about who benefits from school failure. The article is grounded in the author's personal reflections over 50 years of involvement with urban schools, teachers, students, and administrators. He provides an in-depth critique of identifying the causes of school failure in the personal shortcomings of children and their families…

This research focuses on the relation between color and psychological functioning, specifically, that between red and performance attainment. Red is hypothesized to impair performance on achievement tasks, because red is associated with the danger of failure in achievement contexts and evokes avoidance motivation. Four experiments demonstrate that…

Purposes of this literature review on the Mexcian American child were to explore the self-concept; cultural marginality, emphasizing resulting conflict and other effects; the occurrence and effects of stereotyping; and the results of studies undertaken to measure self-concept. Findings included that (1) the manner in which a person is dealt with…

Reasons for the high dropout rate from high schools are discussed. The author postulates that dropouts are the result of misconceptions of the process of education, academic difficulty, a poor learning environment, and a lack of participation in extracurricular activities. Speech presented at the Convention of the International Association of…

A cohort of clinical undergraduates notable for a high failure rate at the university preclinical examination was examined. It was shown that lack of an adequate standard in science subjects before entry to the university is associated with subsequent disadvantage in clinical training. (Author/LBH)

Excerpted from author's book Stop School Failure'' published in 1972 by Harper & Row Company. Asserts that home and school can contribute to a child's school failure but more often the reason is the kind of body and brain the child has developed. (DS)

Seeks to explain the use of ideologies concerning the failure or non-failure in American education in terms of the struggle of sponsoring and professional groups to establish or maintain position on the social scene and, correspondingly, to gain control over those clienteles which are relevant to drives for social or professional mobility. (RJ)

Dropouts are a wastage and very serious cost to students and educational institutions. (IR)

A continuation of an article based on a speech delivered at the annual meeting of the NEA Department of Elementary School Principals in Las Vegas. Part I appeared in the September, 1969 issue of "National Elementary Principal (v49, n1, p8-18). (Author/JL)