Males have consistently been noted to perform better than females on Piagetian horizontality and verticality tasks. To examine whether females are less competent than males or whether mediating variables influence females' performance, 42 male and 42 female college students performed horizontality and verticality tasks. Subjects also rated their…

The effects of success, failure, and combined success and failure experiences on three types of persistent behavior were investigated. (Editor)

A brief review of an International Conference on Education convered by UNESCO in 1971 which focused on problems of educational equality and the social, economic, and cultural factors that often hinder a student from fully persuing his right to learn. (EH)

This study replicated the story completion part of the earlier research on fear of success by Horner, and introduced three variations in the cue used to measure fear of success, which was slightly more characteristic of honor students than others. (EK)

Professional Teachers and college students attributed teacher factors as more important in student failure than in success conditions when teaching a spelling list under noninteractive conditions.

Discusses the use of disciplinary suspensions in United States public schools, emphasizing the higher suspension rate for minority children and the relationship between suspensions and dropping out of school. Presents the case history of one boy whose suspension for fighting eventually led him to quit school. (JG)

The results of a survey of 428 management personnel in 10 organizations identified three major dimensions which interact to define most management by objectives systems' variations and problems: supervisory style, measurability of objectives, and frequency of review of the organization. Suggestions for positive changes are offered. (AG)

Two experimental programs (diploma and skill training) for high school dropouts were based on the assumptions that positive interpersonal relationships and an initial emphasis on nonverbal learning were necessary to counteract the rejection and verbal weaknesses experienced by those from a poverty culture. The success or failure of a teacher in…

A review of the literature in 1965 revealed considerable research into the respective merits of policies of (1) automatic promotion for all pupils, and (2) rigid retention-in-grade for those whose achievement was judged deficient. Although neither extreme was a panacea, promotion appeared to have fewer disadvantages than retention. Pupils who…

In order to discover the effects of success and failure on subsequent aggressiveness, 26 male and 55 female college students were randomly assigned to success, failure, and neutral conditions. Those in the success condition were led to feel they were superior to other college students on a task, those in the failure condition were led to feel they…

Given the attrition rate of nearly 30 percent for each entering U.S. Naval Academy class an attrition prediction instrument for use in selection could represent considerable monetary savings. In previous research, the Naval Academy Personal History Booklet (PHB) has shown some validity as a predictor of Academy disenrollment. The present research…

A psychiatrist discusses ways to help children who are failing in school, the reasons behind their failure and the self perpetuating nature of failure. Teacher attitudes, the grading system, and the educational process itself are listed as three areas requiring change if failing students are to be helped. (CK)

The mathematics achievement of 60 third-grade nonreaders was examined in order to determine whether reading achievement is a necessary prerequisite for mathematics achievement. Pupils were randomly assigned to either a control group which received mathematics instruction in regular classes or an experimental group which received instruction in…

Research trends in secondary reading led the authors to investigate the process of dissemination of reading research to secondary school teachers and administrators. In considering ways of disseminating research, the concept of a continuum is introduced. At one extreme are the schools that take the responsibility for conducting their own research.…