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Turner, Robert V.; And Others – 1977
As part of a needs assessment conducted for the Virginia public schools during the year 1969-70, the Virginia Affective Assessment Questionnaire (VAAQ) was developed. The VAAQ assesses affective traits, such as motivation and self concept, that are related to academic success--as measured by standardized achievement tests and performance in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Attitude Measures
Haspiel, George S.; Siegenthaler, Bruce M. – 1968
The Threshold by Identification of Pictures (TIP) Test and the Discrimination by Identification of Pictures (DIP) Test were evaluated. Test cards used pictures of items from the first 500 words of Basic Vocabulary for Elementary Children, and the children pointed to the article named. After each item, the tester's voice was reduced 5 decibels. In…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Tests, Correlation
Ozete, Oscar – 1978
The study prepared reading tests in the children's first language, Spanish, that initially considered their comprehension of the language and subsequently evaluated their skill in drawing inferences or pertinent information from the material read. Two reading comprehension tests (Forms A and B) were constructed, using two different excerpts from…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Correlation, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Frayer, Dorothy A. – 1971
A Paradigm for testing concept attainment, comprised of twelve tasks, was formulated. These tasks were hypothesized to form a cumulative hierarchy. Tests were constructed in mathematics and social studies using the paradigm. Data for these tests was analyzed by Kaiser's method for fitting a perfect simplex and Schonemann's method for fitting a…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Correlation, Data Analysis, Error of Measurement
Koos, Eugenia M.; Chan, James Y. – 1972
The development of a series of parallel single-topic tests for testing attainment of 14 objectives concerned with inquiry skill in biology is discussed. The series of eight two-part tests are called "Explorations in Biology" (EIB). (CK)
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Objectives, Correlation, Criterion Referenced Tests
Fu, Victoria R.
The purposes of this study were to: (1) develop a valid and reliable instrument for direct recording of leadership behavioral characteristics of nursery school children; (2) develop a valid and reliable scale for teachers' rating of leadership behavioral characteristics of nursery school children; and (3) determine the degree of correlation…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Correlation
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Gabriel, Roy M. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1985
Reports on test development and validation research in computer literacy among elementary and secondary students. Empirical data collected in testing 3,000 students in grades four, seven, and 11 are presented which evidence psychometric properties of the testing instruments and address questions of interrelationships among student and classroom…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Computer Literacy, Correlation
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Breland, Hunter M.; Gaynor, Judith L. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1979
Over 2,000 writing samples were collected from four undergraduate institutions and compared, where possible, with scores on a multiple-choice test. High correlations between ratings of the writing samples and multiple-choice test scores were obtained. Samples contributed substantially to the prediction of both college grades and writing…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Correlation, Essay Tests
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Bullis, Michael; Davis, Cheryl – Behavioral Disorders, 1997
Two measures of community-based social behavior for adolescents and young adults with emotional and behavioral disorders, the male and female forms of the Test of Community-Based Social Skill Knowledge and the Scale of Community-Based Social Skill Performance, were examined. Results found the measures yielded acceptable reliabilities and exhibited…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Correlation
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Scahill, Lawrence; McDougle, Christopher J.; Williams, Susan K.; Dimitropoulos, Anastasia; Aman, Michael G.; McCracken, James T.; Tierney, Elaine; Arnold, L. Eugene; Cronin, Pegeen; Grados, Marco; Ghuman, Jaswinder; Koenig, Kathleen; Lam, Kristen S. L.; McGough, James; Posey, David J.; Ritz, Louise; Swiezy, Naomi B.; Vitiello, Benedetto – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To examine the psychometric properties of the Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scales (CYBOCS) modified for pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs). Method: Raters from five Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology (RUPP) Autism Network were trained to reliability. The modified scale (CYBOCS-PDD), which contains only…
Descriptors: Children, Severity (of Disability), Test Reliability, Behavior Disorders
Cook, Bryan G.; Cameron, David L.; Tankersley, Melody – Journal of Special Education, 2007
The purpose of this investigation was twofold: (a) to explore the use of a new rating scale that measures teachers' attitudes toward their students and (b) to investigate the attitudes of inclusive teachers toward their students with disabilities using the rating scale. Fifty inclusive elementary teachers in 12 northeast Ohio schools rated all of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Validity, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Inclusive Schools
Bol, Linda; And Others – 1995
The Study Activity Questionnaire (SAQ) was administered to 83 college students who were enrolled in either an introductory research methods course or an introductory statistics course in the college of education at one university. At the beginning of the term the students completed the SAQ with reference to how they typically studied (pretest),…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Correlation, Course Content
Armstrong, William B. – 1994
As part of an effort to statistically validate the placement tests used in California's San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) a study was undertaken to review the criteria- and content-related validity of the Assessment and Placement Services (APS) reading and writing tests. Evidence of criteria and content validity was gathered from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College English, Community Colleges, Correlation
Randhawa, Bikkar S.; Van Hesteren, Frank – 1983
The development of a modified semantic differential measure of school-related attitudes of grades 3-6 children is described and its validation involving 99 children is reported. Each of the four scales of this measure, Attitude Toward-School, -Language Arts, -Teachers, and -Arithmetic, was found to be unidimensional. Internal consistency estimates…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Measures, Correlation, Elementary Education
Athanasou, James A. – 1986
The Vocational Interest Survey (VIS) is a set of six questionnaire scales for measuring vocational interest. It is designed for Australian users and is consistent with Holland's theory that there are six basic career categories. This paper discusses the development of the VIS and presents some technical data on the questionnaires. Items were…
Descriptors: Careers, Construct Validity, Correlation, Foreign Countries
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