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Fagan, Joseph F.; Holland, Cynthia R. – Intelligence, 2009
A theoretically based, culture-fair test of new learning ability is predictive of academic achievement. A sample of 633 adults, 121 of minority status, drawn from urban private universities, colleges, and community colleges were given information as to the meanings of previously unknown words, sayings, similarities, and analogies. They were also…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Prediction, College Students, Urban Schools
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Hocevar, Dennis – Intelligence, 1980
Three of Guilford's measures of ideational fluency, and the Concept Mastery Test, a traditional verbal intelligence test, were correlated with a creative activities inventory. There were no significant differences between the predictive ability of ideational fluency and verbal intelligence measures. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Correlation, Creative Activities, Creativity Tests, Divergent Thinking
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Schwartz, Steven; And Others – Intelligence, 1983
A correlation exists between verbal ability test scores and name identity minus physical identity reaction times in a letter matching task. The present results support Carroll's (1981) suggestion that the reaction time difference is related more to speed than power component of standardized tests and is not optimum for prediction. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Individual Differences, Letters (Alphabet)