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Peer reviewedBenson, Bernard W.; Young, Linda L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1971
Describes validation procedures used with an individually administered test involving a branching program format to assess students level of cognitive achievement in biology. Reports results of comparisons of classes of teachers with BSCS or non-BSCS backgrounds. (AL)
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Measurement, Individual Testing, Secondary School Science
Download full textHISKEY, MARSHALL S. – 1966
THE REVISION OF THE HISKEY-NEBRASKA TEST OF LEARNING APTITUDE (H-NTLA) WAS UNDERTAKEN TO MODERNIZE THE TEST MATERIALS, TO EXTEND THE TEST, AND TO PROVIDE UP-TO-DATE NORMS ON DEAF SUBJECTS AND HEARING SUBJECTS. THE ITEMS CONSIDERED FOR THE REVISION WERE ADMINISTERED TO NORMAL HEARING, DEAF, AND RETARDED SUBJECTS AGED 3 TO 17 YEARS. FOLLOWING THE…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Children, Deafness, Exceptional Child Research
Weiss, David J. – 1969
Today's psychological measurement depends almost exclusively on the "standardized test." A certain amount of non-standardization, however, exists in the administration of any standardized test, with the amount unknown for any given test score. Time limits on tests pose a bigger problem since another variable is introduced, pressure. Test taking…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Individual Testing, Measurement Instruments, Motivation
Lord, Francis E. – 1967
In order to identify orientation and mobility skills essential for young blind children, a master list of skills was compiled from developmental studies and teachers' observations and formed into a scale comprised of 47 subscales, each of which had three or more items arranged in developmental order. Scaling was done by jury judgment and by full…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Blindness, Exceptional Child Research, Individual Testing
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
Betz, Nancy E.; Weiss, David J. – 1974
Monte Carlo simulation procedures were used to study the psychometric characteristics of two two-stage adaptive tests and a conventional "peaked" ability test. Results showed that scores yielded by both two-stage tests better reflected the normal distribution of underlying ability. Ability estimates yielded by one of the two stage tests…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Ability, Adaptive Testing, Computers
Newland, T. Ernest – 1969
A Blind Learning Aptitude Test (BLAT) was developed on the basis of sense of touch rather than on conventional experience, fine sensory discrimination, or verbal competency. From a pool of about 350 items, most of them used in testing intelligence in the sighted, a pool of 94 was selected and embossed after the manner of braille. A residual pool…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Exceptional Child Research
