Suggests that much of what is labeled OD is really a demonstration training done after school or during one or two day workshops, and that like other curricula, OD is packaged for teachers and administrators such that it becomes a program rather than a continuous process. (AM)

Refers to important articles from the 1973-74 volume of the Czechoslovak journal "Rusky jazyk." The linguistic portion deals with questions of conversational speech and stylistics. Relevant to teaching Russian are articles on FL teaching installations, factors leading to failure in language learning, and categorizing language errors.…

Investigates a wide array of achievement related attitudes and behaviors of male and female law school students. Also attempts to determine the differences in orientations, expectations and job choices that exist between the sexes and how these differences can be explained by fear of success factor. (Author/DEP)

The Learning Improvement Program (LIP) at Eastfield College (Texas) teams up instructors, counselors, and paraprofessionals to provide various types of assistance for students identified by "early warning signs" as facing academic trouble. LIP is a prototype for integrating instruction and student personnel services. (Author/NHM)

A survey in 1970, the first of its kind undertaken in the United Kingdom, focused on the problem of illiteracy at national and local levels. Findings are discussed and tabulated regarding total numbers by age, sex, marital status, intelligence, and causes of disability. A proposed course of action is offered. (MW)

''Why do partnerships sometimes fall short of expectations?'' The answer to this question is different in each instance. In some cases, intrinsic factors in schools work against innovations in science teaching and learning. In others, elements of the partnership itself prove to be inadequate for the challenges that arise during implementation.…

The individual typing teacher in the large urban high school can develop a program within the classroom to lessen the disinterest, resentment, and frustrations that lead to failure by: (1) determining objectives, (2) subdividing course content; (3) determining evaluation procedures, and (4) determining classroom management procedures. (MW)

The Youth Development Project is a research-based program for delinquency prevention. The project tested three strategies for children and youth at-risk: social skills training, cooperative student team learning, and parent school liaison. Data collection and planning began in the 1983-84 school year and intervention was started in 1984-85.…

Retention of pupils results in a need for additional teachers, facilities, and materials at a rate approximating the rate of retention. Retention is a more serious problem for the state, which needs to pay most of these increased costs. This paper reviews the research evidence to assess the cost-effectiveness of student retention policies.…

A review of literature was conducted in order to: (1) determine whether factors placing the young child at risk for school failure can be identified; (2) determine whether early family interventions and early childhood programs are effective; and (3) identify policy implications. Findings are summarized, and recommendations are offered. Research…

This report reviews the literature on early departure from school in America, both past and present, in order to ascertain why students drop out of school, what the consequences are for the students who do so, and what schools can do to reduce the dropout rate. After a brief historical perspective on the problem, the social and economic costs of…

The recently proposed self-appraisal model of Type A behavior holds that Type As desire an accurate appraisal of abilities, and respond to uncertainty about abilities with exaggerated attempts to generate diagnostic information. The model also predicts that the major emotional response to uncertainty for Type As is anxiety. A study was conducted…

Little previous research has compared bulimics to dieters who do not binge eat but who are also concerned with their weight. This study examined differences between college students who were classified as either bulimic (N=21), chronic dieters (N=29), or controls (N=83). The extent to which remarks made by significant others and failure…

Neurotic fear of success is conceptually connected to achievement motivation and achievement related conflicts. To investigate the relationship between individuals identified as success-fearers, or failure-fearers, and those high in achievement motivation, 426 college students completed Cohen's Fear of Success Scale, Mandler-Sarason's Test Anxiety…