This manual adapts the pedagogy used on the playing field, the studio, and the stage to the classroom. This method, called "Pep Talk," encourages teachers to: (1) create a need to know; (2) challenge students to know; (3) show how to know; (4) apply know-how; and (5) know how to inspire cooperation. Pep talk is the method coaches use when they…

This paper is concerned with measuring the logical consistency of a theory of academic motivation which involves three classes of phenomena: personality dispositions, values, and situational variables. (Editor)

The paper discusses 4 types of program adaptation of outward bound concepts and methods: (1) motivational programs; (2) the human relations programs within a school; (3) an alternative to traditional physical education; and (4) curriculum enrichment. (NQ)

The present research asked students in a free-response or open-ended task to indicate their analysis of the reasons for attending school and what factors would lead them to do better in school. (Author/RK)

Report based on research conducted under contract N61339-67-C-0114 with the Naval Training Device Center, Orlando, Florida.

Research supported in part by Public Health Service grant NB-07346 from the National Institute of Mental Health.

THE FINDINGS OF RECENT RESEARCH STUDIES AND CURRENT SCHOOL PRACTICES WERE FORMULATED IN TERMS OF GUIDELINES WHICH SCHOOLS COULD USE AS CRITERIA IN STRENGTHENING THEIR PROVISIONS FOR HELPING STUDENTS MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR LEARNING POTENTIAL. UNDERACHIEVEMENT IS AN INCREASINGLY SERIOUS EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM. IT RESULTS IN FAILURE TO COMPLETE HIGH…

OUTDOOR LEARNING IS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE AS A METHOD OF LEARNING WHICH EXPLORES THE ADVANTAGES OF A CHILD'S INVOLVEMENT WITH NATURE. HIGH MOTIVATION, SOUND ENRICHMENT, AND PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ARE SEEN AS OUTCOMES OF AN OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM. OUTDOOR RESOURCES CAN BE UTILIZED IN ANY COURSE AT ANY GRADE LEVEL IN ANY SCHOOL. A…

Several questions regarding the frequency and motivation of adult learning are examined in light of findings from several research studies. Focus is on highly intentional learning which is not part of formal course work: a series of time-consuming episodes in which the person's primary intention is to gain certain definite knowledge and skill.…

TO TEST THE HOULE THEORY THAT ADULTS HAVE THREE ORIENTATIONS TOWARD LEARNING--THE GOAL, THE ACTIVITY, AND THE KNOWLEDGE ORIENTATIONS, A REVISED SHEFFIELD LEARNING-ORIENTATION SCALE WAS ADMINISTERED TO 704 ADULTS TO DETERMINE LEARNING ORIENTATION PRIORITIES OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO ATTENDED 32 AGRICULTURAL AND HOME ECONOMICS MEETINGS OF COOPERATIVE…

This study compared the effects of four experimental treatments on levels of expectancy or aspiration of 80 disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged boys and girls. Levels of expectancy were more discrepant from previous performance in conditions perceived as chance regulated, and in those outcomes actually controlled by chance. More unusual shifts in…

This issue is the first of a series that will be made available to persons interested in the problems and potentialities of human motivation. Each issue will be devoted to a discussion of one aspect of motivation and will report practices, research, and theory development in this field. Features will include announcements of publications and…

This report is a synthesis of materials delivered at the seminar at St. Wolfgang organized by the Austrian Government in 1968 under the auspices of the Council of Europe on "The Value of Natural Sciences in Adult Education." It links the problems posed with those discussed at the Marly-le-Roi course (1967). The following aspects of adult education…

This document contains the four appendixes to the final report (SP 003 269). Appendix A contains information on the Nova Educational Complex (part of the South Florida Education Center in Fort Lauderdale) where the study was conducted. Included are outline descriptions of the Nova High School curriculum and personnel and of the physical plant and…