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Peer reviewedSasfy, Joseph H.; And Others – College Student Journal, 1975
The specific causal attributions individuals use in accounting for academic outcomes can influence their subsequent achievement-related behavior. College instructors responded to the hypothetical success and failures of older and younger students by attributing these to ability, effort, luck, and task difficulty. Results indicated a negative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attitudes, College Students
Peer reviewedWeller, Leonard; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976
It was hypothesized that first borns would prefer person- and intellectually-oriented occupations. It was also predicted that women, more than men, would prefer person-oriented occupations. The Hebrew version of Roe's classification of occupations was completed by 146 individuals. Only the second hypothesis was confirmed. (Author/SE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Birth Order, Individual Differences
Hayes, Edward J.; Franks, Joan – Journal of Non-White Concerns in Personnel and Guidance, 1975
Using questionnaires, it was found that there are differences in perception of academic pressures and university environment between academically least-successful (ALS) and academically most-successful (AMS) black freshman students. ALS students perceived environment more nonintellectual and providing for social interaction than AMS students;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Black Students, College Environment
Simpson, Madline L.; And Others – 1974
Subjects in the study were 29 black and 73 white introductory psychology students, 90% of whom identified themselves as prospective teachers. As part of their classroom work, these students were randomly assigned to read an essay on urban life. Attached to the essay was one of two cover letters describing the theme's writer. These cover letters…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, College Students, Employment Potential
Download full textMelching, William H.; And Others – 1972
The objective of this research was to determine the feasibility of developing a functionally oriented General Educational Development (GED) program. To obtain information about problems of adaptation common to undereducated men, and to obtain information about knowledges and skills such men may not have, an achievement test/attitude questionnaire…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Achievement Tests, Armed Forces
Cheek, Jimmy G., Comp. – 1979
This compilation includes abstracts of 165 research and development studies in agricultural education completed during the period July 1, 1978, to June 30, 1979. Fifty-three of the compiled studies represent staff research, seventy-eight represent master's theses, and thirty-four represent doctoral dissertations. Studies are arranged…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering
Mannebach, Alfred J., Comp. – 1978
This compilation includes abstracts of 140 research and development studies in agricultural education completed during the period July 1, 1977 to June 30, 1978. Thirty-three of the completed studies represent staff research, fifty-six represent master's theses, and fifty-one represent doctoral dissertations. Studies are arranged alphabetically by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Animal Husbandry
