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Doughty, Earl – Illinois School Research, 1971
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary School Students, Gifted, Group Testing
Download full textLewis, Michael; McGurk, Harry – 1972
Infant intelligence from birth until the age of two was measured to determine the usefulness of infant intelligence tests. Twenty infants were tested regularly over the two-year period. Results showed neither simplex nor other long-term patterns of interrelationship among the infant intelligence scores obtained. The study concludes that the…
Descriptors: Infants, Intelligence Tests, Intervention, Measurement Instruments
Pearson, Virginia L. – 1973
This study investigated correlations between the Qualitative score of the Porteus Maze Test and age and rates of recidivism of correctional institution inmates. In addition, the study was structured to provide answers to the following questions: (1) Is there a relationship between age and rates of recidivism and the Conformity-Variability score of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Age, Comparative Analysis
An Assessment of Cognitive Behavior of Economically Disadvantaged Young Adults in North Mississippi.
Wolfe, Lillian S.; And Others – 1973
This study sought to determine the appropriateness of two conventional intelligence tests for assessing the ability of economically deprived young adults participating in job training programs by comparing their test results with those of the test standardization groups. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), and the Langmuir Oral Direction…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Ability, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
BONHAM, S.J., JR. – 1963
THIS STUDY WAS DONE TO DETERMINE THE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP ACHIEVEMENT TESTS WHEN USED TO EVALUATE DEAF CHILDREN. THE 36 CHILDREN SELECTED FOR THIS STUDY WERE IN GRADES 2, 4, AND 6 IN THE KENNEDY SCHOOL IN DAYTON, OHIO. ALL HAD SEVERE AUDITORY HANDICAPS AND WERE 10 TO 16 YEARS OLD. FOUR PSYCHOLOGISTS ADMINISTERED THE FOLLOWING…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Children, Deafness, Educational Testing
Ebel, Robert L. – 1975
Six current issues in the use of tests are examined in this paper. Are the tests used in education valid? In general and to a reasonably satisfactory extent they are. Is the emphasis these tests place on cognitive achievements a serious limitation? Because of the basic and pervasive role of cognition in human affairs, and in the absence of any…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Cognitive Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Testing
Miller, LaMar P., Ed. – 1974
The controversial and complex issues regarding the effects of educational and psychological testing on the education of minority group children in America are discussed. Although the focus is primarily on black students, the issues discussed are equally valid for all minority populations in the American public schools. The articles in the book…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Black Students, Educational Research, Higher Education
Oller, John W., Jr.; Perkins, Kyle – 1978
This book addresses the question of what tests are measures of. Intelligence, achievement, and personality tests not based on empirical investigation have questionable validity. Some researchers now suspect that almost all tests given to students in all subjects, as well as general tests of intelligence and personality, are essentially language…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Cloze Procedure
