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Peer reviewedSykes, Dudley E. – NASSP Bulletin, 1974
Author challenges the validity of the practice of ability grouping and segregating students according to their achievement or potential. (GB)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Academically Gifted
Nevo, Baruch – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1993
Israel's Sciempiad is an annual nationwide science competition for students ages 14 to 15, designed to stimulate interest in science and identify students with potential to become leading researchers. This article discusses how the selection procedure was determined and outlines steps in the selection process. (JDD)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Competition, Competitive Selection, Foreign Countries
Coleman, James S. – Coll Board Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Admission Criteria, College Choice, Competitive Selection
Peer reviewedErdmann, James B.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1971
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Advisory Committees
Download full textBildung und Wissenschaft, 1997
This issue discusses talent development in gifted children and youth. Articles include: (1) "Good and Goodness" (Roman Herzog), which addresses the need to provide gifted youth with financial aid to enable them to attend one of ten higher education institutions sponsoring gifted persons; (2) "It Is Essential To Start at an Early…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Admission Criteria, Competitive Selection, Early Admission
Bauer, Roger; And Others – 1968
Since the need for good programers exists and will increase, their identification before training is desirable. Until now only single tests of potential ability have been evaluated. In this study several tests used in various combinations were evaluated as test batteries. The IBM Aptitude Test for Programmer Personnel (ATPP) and the Strong…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests
Williams, E. Belvin – 1979
Issues related to ability testing and affirmative action are discussed, including the fair use of tests in academic and occupational selection, the effects of testing upon the tested individual, and implications of the issues for the major participants. Types and functions of ability tests, both aptitude and achievement, are described. Studies of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Competitive Selection
Green, James E. – 1992
This study outlines and evaluates the admissions policies and procedures devised for evaluating applicants to the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities. The procedures utilized a holistic file review process that required applications to be evaluated in the context of their local regions. Complete student files, which included…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academically Gifted
Alley, William E.; Gibson, Terry A. – 1977
Research was conducted to improve applicant selection procedures in the Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) scholarship program. The objectives were to document predictive relationships, if any, between student aptitude measures, academic major, institutional selectivity, and eventual completion of the scholarship program. The…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Aptitude Tests, College Students
