Examines current research to decide whether students who are doing poor academically or who have a social or emotional problem, will benefit from grade retention rather than promotion to the next grade. (DEP)

Extensive reading is a crucial factor, and the librarian has a vital part to play in motivating remedial reading students to dare to enjoy books. (Author)

The discussion by a resource teacher centers on such difficulties involved in resource room instruction for mildly handicapped children as inadequate teacher training and lack of appropriate facilities. (CL)

Although subjective evaluations of a program designed to prevent delinquency by those who received its benefits would suggest that the intervention had been helpful, comparisons between the treatment and control groups indicate that the program had negative side effects. (Author/AM)

This paper explores the roots of the war on poverty by focusing on factors such as the rise of the empowerment issue, delinquency, and changes among black and white youth. It is suggested that the war on poverty had unintended consequences that have kept the empowerment issue and other important issues alive. (Author/AM)

Various approaches and perceptions concerning the progress of disadvantaged students in Israel are presented. Activities aimed at rehabilitation and achievements are discussed. (Author)

Findings are interpreted to support the hypothesis that the subjective probability induced by normative feedback mediates performance via an experimentally produced motive-like orientation. (Author/RC)

The nonpromoted group of pupils in this study continued to increase their self-concept scores significantly while scores of the borderline and promoted groups dropped slightly but significantly. (Author/IRT)

The communication effectiveness of 15 learning disabled and 15 control adolescent boys was compared employing a referential task entailing repeated communication failure. The learning disabled boys provided less effective messages and their descriptions tended toward egocentricity. (Author/DB)

A review of the research on metacognition explores the impact of this concept on learning-disabled individuals, focusing on the positive effects of such research on teaching and on the importance of broadening teachers' understanding of their learning-disabled students' academic failures. (Author/CB)

Investigated students' explanations as to the causes of success or failure in music. Results indicate that students tend to cite internal reasons for success or failure in music. Implications for teaching are drawn. (JDH)

Communicative adjustments of nonhandicapped preschool children addressing developmentally delayed companions were evaluated for their effectiveness and appropriateness. Behavior-request episodes in which initial failure had occurred were analyzed, and sequences of interactions were tracked within episodes until some form of resolution was…

Playing "dumb" can earn students easier classes, lower expectations, reduced pressure, and individual attention. Schools can stop rewarding failure by making remedial classes difficult, backing up homework policies with unappealing alternatives, providing penalties for attendance violations, and deglamorizing alternatives to regular programs. (PGD)

Discusses some of the reasons for the failure of the Osborne Computer Corporation, including Adam Osborne's personality and background, the people he selected to run the company, and lack of financial controls. (MBR)