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Weiss, David J. – 1973
This report describes the stratified adaptive (stradaptive) test as a strategy for tailoring an ability test to individual differences in testee ability; administration of the test is controlled by a time-shared computer system. The rationale of this method is described as it derives from Binet's strategy of ability test administration and…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Branching, Computer Assisted Testing, Individual Testing
Peer reviewedCavaiani, Thomas P. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1989
Discussion of the relationship of personality variables to programing ability highlights a study of undergraduates that investigated the influence of cognitive style on the programing skill of debugging. Use of the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) is described, scoring schemes for diagnostic tasks are explained, and suggestions for further…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Style, Computer Science Education, Correlation


