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STUDENTS' LOSS OF INTEREST IN LEARNING AS THE NOVELTY OF PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION WEARS OFF SUGGESTED THIS STUDY OF MOTIVATION AND ABILITY AS RELATED TO LEARNING RATE. STEP SIZE, ITEM DIFFICULTY, AND PERSONALITY VARIABLES WERE CONSIDERED BEFORE HYPOTHESIZING THAT STUDENTS OF EQUAL ABILITY WHO ARE STRONGLY MOTIVATED TO ACHIEVE WILL PREFER MORE DIFFICULT TEACHING FRAMES THAN STUDENTS WITH A STRONG "FEAR OF FAILURE." MEASURES OF ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AND HOSTILE PRESS (MOTIVATION THROUGH FEAR OF FAILURE) WERE USED TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF PROGRAM DIFFICULTY, DEFINED AS ERROR RATE, ON ACHIEVEMENT. GRADE 8 STUDENTS WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO 6 TREATMENTS TO LEARN SET THEORY FROM LINEAR PROGRAMS, HALF WITH CONSTRUCTED RESPONSES. SELF-PACING WAS ALLOWED. SCORES ON PRE-AND POST-TESTS OF ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDE WERE COMPARED BY RIGOROUS SIGNIFICANCE TESTS, GIVING CONSIDERABLE IMPORT TO THESE CONCLUSIONS. STUDENTS HIGH ON HOSTILE PRESS AND ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION WERE HIGH ACHIEVERS. HIGH HOSTILE PRESS STUDENTS LEARNED MORE AND WERE MORE FAVORABLE TOWARD HIGH ERROR RATE PROGRAMS THAN LOW ONES, AND LOW HOSTILE PRESS STUDENTS LEARNED MORE AND WERE MORE FAVORABLE TOWARD LOW ERROR RATE PROGRAMS. (LH)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert