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Download full textBurnham, Brian; And Others – 1987
The York Region Board of Education in Ontario, Canada, screens students for giftedness in grade 3. This report analyzes data produced in the 1986-87 screening procedure, involving approximately 3,400 students. The report begins with a review of procedural changes that were designed to make the screening more effective and efficient than earlier…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Comparative Analysis, Educational Diagnosis, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSaayman, Rikus – Physics Education, 1991
Discusses the structure and results of a university physics entry examination that measures students' expertise with mathematical tools and formal logic operations required for the study of college physics. Indicates that the examination adequately serves incoming students: to evaluate academic potential; to emphasize specific deficiencies; and to…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Aptitude Tests, College Science, Foreign Countries
Harris, Jimmy Carl; Clemmons, Sandra – 1996
This paper presents the results of a search for an appropriate test of critical thinking to screen college freshmen. The search for an appropriate test of critical thinking was initiated in the Fall 1995 semester at an open-admissions comprehensive university, which normally assigns entering freshmen with ACT composite scores of 17 or less to…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, Compensatory Education, Critical Thinking
