The report describes how students eliminated from undergraduate pilot training (UPT) perceived the circumstances leading to their elimination. Personal interviews were held with 117 students eliminated from UPT. The data obtained were organized on the basis of the official cause of elimination. The frequencies of problems or factors perceived as…

This study compares the differences in causal attributions of a person experiencing success or failure in an achievement situation (the actor) and someone who read about the situation (the observer). The subjects were given sets of anagrams which varied in difficulty. The results of both studies showed that actors were relatively more likely to…

Cuyahoga Community College (Ohio) conducted this statistical study of community-junior colleges' academic policy concerning the elimination of academic dismissal and failing grades. To obtain data, a sample of 100 institutions was selected from the 698 regionally accredited junior colleges. Percentage representation in the sample was based on the…

Two groups of educable retardates (16 gainers and 16 nongainers who were judged to have a more consistent history of failure) were identified on the basis of their ability to profit from instruction on the Kohs blocks. Success and failure on verbal and nonverbal tasks were manipulated and levels of aspiration were obtained. Nongainers were found…

This abstract bibliography is a reader's companion to the Ruth Strang monograph "Reading Diagnosis and Remediation," which was published jointly by the International Reading Association and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Retrieval of Information and Evaluation on Reading (ERIC/CRIER) in 1968. It contains complete citations and abstracts of all of the…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether persons identified as having either a low or a high degree of apprehension toward writing encode information differently. Behavioral patterns similar to those exhibited by persons who are apprehensive about speech were investigated. Results of a study of 19 high-apprehensive and 21…

The article describes a research design which found that children who were induced to think positively (happy thoughts) by an experimenter rewarded themselves with more available money than with children who had been induced to feel negatively (sad thoughts) and children in a control group. (CD)

Describes Fault Tree Analysis, a tool for systems analysis which attempts to identify possible modes of failure in systems to increase the probability of success. The article defines the technique and presents the steps of FTA construction, focusing on its application to education. (RAO)

This paper concentrates on the areas of methodological and theoretical criticisms of research, an explanation of the motive within the expectancy-value theory of motivation and supporting research, and suggestions for further research. (Author/MLF)

The physical growth of 46 school-aged twins with academic difficulties was examined and compared with that of matched controls. (Author/DLS)

Describes problems in layout, photographs, and copy that are frequently found on yearbook staff pages. (GW)

Seventy-eight 8- and 9-year-old subjects were randomly assigned to success, failure, and control conditions involving a test of intellectual ability. Subsequently, they were exposed to a resistance to temptation test involving play with a forbidden toy and measures of latency were taken. (JMB)

Examines the characteristics of students showing signs of deficiency in their reading performance at 16+. Reports on a research study which concludes that reading failure at 16+ is related to the incidence of two or more adverse characteristics. Identifies and investigates some of these characteristics. (RKM)

A study of 27 promising programs reveals 8 common reasons that educational innovations fail, including disenchanted practitioners; departure of innovation supporters; lack of personnel training; disappearing funding; inadequate supervision; and lack of accountability, administrative support, and termination consequences. Innovations succeed by…

Unemployed job seekers indicated resources they were using in their job search. Ninety days later, job seekers (N=178) who had found employment did not report using significantly more resources in their job search activities than did unsuccessful job seekers (N=636). Primary difference between successful and unsuccessful job seekers seemed to be…