The study involving 105 learning disabled students (6 to 12 years old) investigated the effects of the sex and race of students to determine if these factors were salient to initial placement in elementary learning disabilities classrooms, to the amount or type of instruction received in reading, to the learning behaviors students exhibit in…

THE RESPONSES OF FIRST GRADERS TO THREE QUESTIONS ABOUT READING ARE REPORTED. SUBJECTS, 111 PUPILS IN FIVE 1ST-GRADE CLASSROOMS IN THREE SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN INDIANA AND MICHIGAN, WERE INTERVIEWED AND THEIR RESPONSES WERE ANALYZED AND CLASSIFIED INTO LOGICAL CATEGORIES. WHEN ASKED IF THEY WANTED TO LEARN TO READ, A NEGATIVE ANSWER WAS GIVEN BY FOUR…

This study examined a longitudinal data set (9th through 12th grade students from Indiana) to pose questions about the importance students place on certain college and university attributes as part of their college choice process. Using factor analysis, analysis of variance, and discriminant analysis on data about a representative sample of 110…