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Effect of Social or Task Orientation and Evaluative or Nonevaluative Situations on Performance
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Nakamura, Charles Y.; Finck, Doris – Child Development, 1973
Results indicated that it is possible to distinguish children on predispositions such as social and task orientation and self-assurance sufficiently well to predict their behavior in certain specific situations. (Authors)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Evaluation, Orientation, Predictive Measurement
Tests Built from Piaget's and Gesell's Tasks as Predictors of First-Grade Achievement
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Kaufman, Alan S.; Kaufman, Nadeen L. – Child Development, 1972
Results offer empirical support to Ilg and Ames's claim that the Gesell battery is an excellent predictor of school readiness. The close similarity of the Piaget and Gesell tests accords well with previous findings that the two tests have much in common. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Intelligence Tests, Predictive Measurement
Prediction of Developmental Outcome at Seven Years From Prenatal, Perinatal, and Postnatal Events
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Smith, A. C.; And Others – Child Development, 1972
Specific aim of the study was to determine the predictive accuracy of selected observations obtained during developmental periods on later developmental outcome. (Authors)
Descriptors: Child Development, Discriminant Analysis, Measurement Instruments, Physiology