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Mark, Sandra Fay – 1978
Instrumentation, task content, the limited options of success or failure, methodology and assumptions are substantive issues which question the validity of conclusions made about human subjects in studies of achievement motivation and learned helplessness. A review of learned helplessness studies outlines the number and source of subjects, kinds…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Goal Orientation
Gwinn, Diane G. – 1976
Research on poor school performance--with emphasis on the nonwhite child--is discussed in terms of differences children bring to school, the school process, and consequences of poor school performance. Individual factors related to poor achievement are noted to include membership in a disadvantaged minority group, broken homes and absent fathers,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Delinquency, Disadvantaged Youth, Drug Abuse
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1971
Educational distribution tables were constructed which indicate that, generally, schools and school districts that scored in the upper (or middle, or lower) third of a ranking of Michigan districts on composite achievement also ran high (or middle, or low) on other assessment measures. The same type of relationship was generally found between…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Basic Skills, Educational Finance
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Layton, Carol A.; Lock, Robin H. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2003
This study examined three groups of postsecondary students using the "Learning Disabilities Diagnostic Inventory" (LDDI). Reasoning scale to determine if there were significant differences in their self-reported reasoning behaviors. The results indicated that none of the students self-reported a "Likely" intrinsic processing deficit. However, some…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Self Advocacy, Academic Advising, Thinking Skills
Maine State Dept. of Educational and Cultural Services, Augusta. Bureau of Adult and Secondary Vocational Education. – 1991
This curriculum presents career, academic, and life skill activities to assist education and training organizations in developing and delivering comprehensive career development and life skill programs. It is designed for the out-of-school person who has life and work experiences and who wants to assess a current life or career situation. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Career Change, Career Development
Project Link Educational Center, Newark, NJ. – 1983
A program in career linkages was conducted at Project Link Educational Center to bring the students to greater self-awareness in terms of their personal qualities, abilities, interests, and determinations and to express and examine these in relation to their occupational interests and goals. (Project Link Educational Center is a tuition-free,…
Descriptors: Black Students, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Beckham, Joe; Flood, John – 1977
Created in 1974, the Connecticut Wilderness School is a successful program for breaking patterns of failure due to negative self-image and instilling positive values of confidence and responsibility in order to develop constructive attitudes and behaviors in young people aged 15 to 20 who have run into trouble with the law. The wilderness program…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Agency Role, Budgets, Correctional Rehabilitation
Skaalvik, Einar M. – Online Submission, 2002
Educology is the fund of knowledge about the educational process, which obviously occurs within and outside of schools. Educology includes, at the least, the fund of knowledge about past education (historical educology), about current states of affairs in education (scientific educology), about effective practices within education (praxiological…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Self Concept, Elementary School Students, Self Efficacy
Brophy, Jere – 1998
Students exhibiting failure syndrome approach assignments with low expectations of success and tend to give up at early signs of difficulty. This Digest delineates the nature of failure syndrome, suggests strategies for coping with failure syndrome students, and discusses how teachers can help. Some students, especially in the early grades, show…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Achievement, Attribution Theory, Behavior Modification
Kerka, Sandra – 2003
Markus and Nurius (1986) are credited with developing the concept of possible selves, which represents individuals' ideas of what they might become, what they would like to become, and what they fear becoming. It has been applied in research and practice with adolescents exploring career choices; adults in transition; and older adults envisioning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Choice
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Telama, Risto; Nupponen, Heimo; Pieron, Maurice – European Physical Education Review, 2005
The promotion of a healthy lifestyle is the main goal of physical education in many countries. However, very little is known about the relationship between different lifestyles and physical activity patterns among young people. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between lifestyle and physical activity among 12- and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Leisure Time, Physical Activity Level
Rainer, Howard T. – 1988
This manual was created to give rural American Indian youths ways to build their self-concept, spiritual strength, and, thus, improve their ability to achieve success. This document draws heavily from anecdotal material--Indian lore and the author's personal experiences--to encourage good social conduct by Indian youth. It suggests that everyone…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indians, College Preparation
Durant, Thomas J., Jr. – 1974
The study determined the relation between specific social factors and situational conditions of poverty and non-poverty heads of households and their orientation toward work. The major hypotheses tested was that respondents affected more by adverse social factors and situational conditions will develop less positive work orientations. Data were…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Economic Development, Goal Orientation, Heads of Households
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Leslie, Larry L.; McClure, Gregory T.; Oaxaca, Ronald L. – Journal of Higher Education, 1998
Reviews literature and discusses results of two national surveys to identify factors influencing participation of women and minorities in science and engineering. Notions of self-concept/self-efficacy, peer influence, and goal commitment, which can be traced to early socialization experiences, may account for most participation disparities by race…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Enrollment Influences, Females, Goal Orientation
Garcia, Teresa; And Others – 1995
This study examined college students' views of their "academic possible selves," how these possible selves vary by social group, and how students view the chance of becoming that possible self and the importance of and their power to attain that possible self. Participants were 126 college students enrolled in an introductory educational…
Descriptors: Aspiration, College Students, Education Work Relationship, Ethnicity
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