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Schneider, Barbara – Educational Researcher, 2016
This essay briefly describes some of the early AERA presidents who were empiricists, several of them directors of research, and how their work connects with some of the issues of design, measurement, analysis, and interpretation today. Beginning with the first president of AERA, a number of presidents through the late 1940s are highlighted, as…
Descriptors: Presidents, Professional Associations, Educational Research, Administrator Attitudes
Mahoney, Susan S. – 1987
The results of the program of credit by examination at the University of Texas at Austin during the 1986-1987 testing year are presented. The data provide a basis for a comprehensive picture of the impact of the program on this campus. The examinations covered 51 subject areas with 171 courses taught in 36 departments/divisions in 8 colleges and…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Acceleration (Education), Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement
Safrit, Margaret J.; Wood, Terence M. – 1981
The use of motor ability tests to achieve sex-fair ability groups should be considered from three standpoints--task specificity, sex differences, and individual learning differences. Motor ability is frequently described as an individual's present ability to perform motor skills. Although several motor ability tests have been constructed for…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Classification, Coeducation