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DeVaul, Sue; Davis, John U. – 1988
A literature review on the family environments of gifted students found that gifted children are more likely to be living in intact families than in divorced families. Children of single parents were more likely to be low-achieving, tardy, absent, truant, discipline problems, suspended, expelled, and dropouts than students in two-parent families.…
Descriptors: Divorce, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Environment, Family Influence
Download full textSwick, Kevin J. – 1987
This book is concerned with the problem of student stress and the possibility that children and adolescents will internalize ineffective coping strategies used by adult models available to them. The introductory chapter explains a need for an educational plan to promote ways of controlling stress; recommends a systematic approach to managing…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Coping, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1987
As adolescents enter high school in the ninth grade, they experience a transition unlike any previous school experience, and it exacts its toll from unprepared, unmotivated, or unwary students. An examination of achievement test averages across grades 1 through 12 for students in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) in Austin, Texas…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attendance, Discipline Problems, Dropouts
O'Keefe, Edward J. – 1985
This paper describes an innovative program for teaching self-management to children in elementary and secondary schools. The background of techniques for teaching self-management is briefly reviewed, the application of self-management techniques is noted, deficits in self-management programs are considered, and Lazarus's multimodal model of…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Holistic Approach
Gentile, Nicholas – 1984
This booklet presents 28 model programs for dealing with substance abuse which are currently used in New Jersey public schools. These programs are arranged in three categories based on the services which they provide: prevention (an attempt to avoid substance abuse problems before they appear); intervention (helping abusers who risk developing…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, Drinking, Drug Abuse
Illinois Univ., Champaign. Community Research Center. – 1984
A study was undertaken to examine the high risk/high need youth population of West Virginia. Workers from 55 county school boards, 27 area offices of health centers, private and public psychiatric hospitals with adolescent units, juvenile probation offices, and state juvenile correctional facilities were asked to nominate certain youths as high…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Family Problems, High Risk Persons
Myers, R. E.; Cawley, Peter – 1977
In "creative listening" sessions, participants alternately present their ideas (for fixed periods of time) and listen silently to the other participants. This paper examines the value of this method as an aid to problem solving and offers suggestions for teachers serving as mediators and participants in creative listening sessions. It describes…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Competence
Doyle, Robert E. – 1976
This document presents a description and evaluation of the Supportive Services Program in New York City for the 1975-76 school year. It was designed to reinforce the cognitive growth of disadvantaged high school students who were referred from one of three Title I programs: Skills Remediation in Reading; Remedial Mathematics; and Native Language…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Counseling Services, English (Second Language), High School Students
Kuntzelman, William P.; Camp, William L. – Ill Sch Res, 1969
Descriptors: Educational Environment, High School Students, Rating Scales, Rural Schools
Goetsch, David L. – 1980
Prepared for use in an instructor workshop, this booklet suggests ways community college instructors can become more actively involved in community relations. After a statement of purpose and a delineation of participant objectives, the booklet describes how the workshop is to be conducted (i.e., using a lecture, discussion, and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Benefits
Goodstein, Michael – Counselor's Information Service, 1979
In American culture, and particularly among upwardly mobile Jews, educational achievement is perceived to be of the highest importance. Much of the research into the nature of underachievement deals primarily with the identification of underachievers as manifesting a host of pathological characteristics such as poor peer relationships, negative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Counseling, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
WITHERSPOON, FREDDA D. – 1967
THIS GROUP GUIDANCE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE (1) A CHANCE FOR SELF-ASSESSMENT OF PERSONAL STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES, (2) IMPROVEMENT OF ATTITUDES IN HUMAN RELATIONS, (3) IMPROVEMENT OF STUDY HABITS AND TECHNIQUES, AND (4) REALISTIC ASSESSMENT OF VOCATIONAL ABILITIES. GROUP GUIDANCE IS INTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT, INDIVIDUAL…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling Objectives, Counselor Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
ESHLEMAN, J. ROSS; HUNT, CHESTER L. – 1965
THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE ROLE OF SOCIAL STATUS IN THE ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF MARRIED COLLEGE STUDENTS. A SECONDARY PURPOSE WAS TO DELINEATE THE ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS WHICH MARRIED MALE STUDENTS OF DIFFERENT SOCIAL STATUS LEVELS FACE ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS. PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WERE HELD WITH THE 282 FULL-TIME MARRIED STUDENTS…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Interviews
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This bibliographical study summarizes and synthesizes the recent (post-1960) theoretical literature on the differential diagnosis and treatment of the male college under-achiever. The three major classifying schemata which appear independently in the literature, and the seven personality patterns they collectively propose, are described. These…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, College Students, Counseling Effectiveness
Das, Ajit – 1976
The kinds of assistance needed by foreign college students in dealing with problems encountered during their college sojourn, as well as resources used in resolving those problems, were examined. Male (N=27) and female (N=17) students were interviewed during the spring quarter of 1977 on the University of Minnesota, Duluth, campus. Results…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Foreign Students
