Biographical interviews elicited information concerning personality characteristics that predispose women toward achievement-striving behavior, taking into account the effects of family, friends, and role models. The majority of women reported not fearing success, but most wondered if their achievements were worth it and at what cost. (Author/ABB)

The study involving 28 educationally handicapped (EH) and 25 learning disabled LD/EH children (mean ages 13 and 12 years) included among its results that EH Ss took significantly more personal responsibility for academic failure than did LD/EH Ss; EH Ss attributed success to ability but failure to both lack of ability and lack of effort.…

Attitudes toward parenting success or failure were tested via a questionnaire administered to 276 undergraduates without parenting experience. Female respondents were especially success-oriented and viewed parenting as requiring deliberation and skill; males were more inclined to put blame for failure on the child. (CJM)

In this brief response to Courtney Cazden's article on anthropology's contribution to education (1983), it is argued that educators who reject anthropological contributions are doing so because they believe anthropology is doing harm. Asserts that "cultural differences" is replacing "cultural deprivation" as the fashionable…

Describes how one student improved his mathematics performance by keeping a journal of class activities and homework assignments. (FL)

Notes that black people in the U.S. have not developed a history of achievements in the natural sciences that can be readily built upon by their offspring, and thus the problem of motivation of black children at an early age is a significant factor in determining whether they decide to pursue a career in the natural sciences. (Author/AM)

The Doe case is unique in that it demands judicial recognition of minimum standards for an "effective" education. The author suggests that the enforcement of standards reflecting those skills necessary for a useful existence is necessary. (LBH)

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how secondary teachers implement culturally responsive literacy instruction in their content areas. Culturally responsive instruction makes connections with students' backgrounds, interests, and experiences to teach the standards-based curriculum. Learning becomes more meaningful and relevant as teachers…

This document reports the graduation and retention rates at the University of Hawaii community colleges and compares the graduation and retention rates of students with other institutions. The three rates that are examined in this report are as follows: (1) retention/continuation rate; (2) graduation rate; and (3) success rate (defined as the sum…

This document discusses students on academic probation in City College of San Francisco as of Spring 2002. During any given semester, 9-10% of students are on academic probation. A majority of students on academic probation are men. Higher numbers of African American (17%) and Filipino (17%) students were on academic probation rather than Whites…

To make a case against recently passed legislation in Georgia banning social promotion, one must start by examining the state's rationale for the decision that based on the perceived views teachers have on the issue. Research suggests, however, that teachers hold contradictory opinions concerning the use of standardized tests for high-stakes…

Children that grow slowly experience poorer psychomotor development and tend to have delayed school enrollment and lower scores on cognitive tests. Rural households in developing countries often are unable to protect their consumption against temporary income shocks, such as droughts. Such income shocks have been shown to have negative effects on…

One area of research that has important implications for improving the education of students at risk of academic failure is concerned with resilient students, or those students who succeed in school despite the presence of adverse conditions. In education, conceptual and empirical work on resilience has gained recognition as a framework for…

This paper offers a theoretically grounded template for analyzing the root causes of individual performance problems in school, work, or personal pursuits. There are four basic reasons why individuals fail to perform as desired: they don't know what to do (communication problem); they don't know how to do it (knowledge problem); they don't want to…