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Ryan, Gary T. – 1978
Results of a study to analyze factors affecting critical reading are reported. The factors are readability of textual material, pupil intelligence, and motivation. Passages from U.S. history textbooks, a critical reading and literal comprehension test, and a standard measure of student motivation were administered to 207 senior high school…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, History Textbooks, Intelligence, Readability
Ogletree, Earl J. – 1978
This paper reports on the enigma of Casper Hauser (1812-1833), a child isolated from human contact for the first sixteen years of life. Upon his release (from incarceration in a cell), on the streets of Nurnberg, Germany in 1828, at the age of sixteen, he could barely walk, and could not talk. Although he appeared completely retarded, his senses…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Development, Child Neglect, Delayed Speech
GOSLIN, DAVID A. – 1967
BESIDES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF TESTS AS PREDICTORS, AN IMPORTANT ISSUE IS THEIR SOCIAL EFFECTS IN FOUR AREAS--(1) THE INFLUENCE OF TEST SCORES ON THE OPPORTUNITIES OPEN TO INDIVIDUALS, (2) THE INFLUENCE OF TEST SCORES ON THE KINDS OF ADVICE GIVEN IN SCHOOLS AND COUNSELING AGENCIES, (3) THE EFFECTS OF SUCH "OBJECTIVE" INFORMATION ON AN…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Intelligence, Self Evaluation, Social Influences
Download full textTATHAM, SUSAN M. – 1968
THE EFFECT OF FREQUENTLY USED ORAL LANGUAGE PATTERNS IN WRITTEN MATERIAL ON THE READING COMPREHENSION OF FOURTH GRADERS WAS EXAMINED. RUDDELL'S FREQUENCY PATTERNS WERE USED. TWO PASSAGES WERE CONSTRUCTED -- THE FIRST WITH 4 HIGH FREQUENCY PATTERNS (PASSAGE A) AND THE SECOND WITH 4 LOW FREQUENCY PATTERNS (PASSAGE B). FACTORS WITHIN THE PASSAGES…
Descriptors: Classification, Grade 4, Intelligence Quotient, Language Patterns
Cowles Education Corp., New York, NY. – 1967
FOLLOWING THE CONTENT OF THE ARMED FORCES EXAMINATIONS, THIS BOOK IS PROGRAMED WITH STEP-BY-STEP DIRECTIONS, TESTS, AND CORRECT ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS. THE CANDIDATE CAN SIMULATE TAKING THE ACTUAL EXAMS BY ANSWERING THE AUTHENTIC QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS, MARKING THE ANSWER SHEET, AND EVALUATING HIS OWN APTITUDE BY COMPARING HIS ANSWERS WITH THE…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Arithmetic, Clerical Occupations, Electronics
ZIGLER, EDWARD; BUTTERFIELD, EARL C.
RECENT STUDIES HAVE INDICATED THAT (1) COGNITIVE ABILITY, (2) AMOUNT AND KIND OF INFORMATION LEARNED TO DATE, AND (3) MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONING OF CULTURALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN. THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO TEST THE EFFECT OF COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT AND MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS ON INTELLIGENCE TEST SCORES.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Disadvantaged
Heiss, Ann M. – 1967
Today's student differs from his counterpart of the 1950's in character, aspiration, experience, and educational and family background. Generally more independent and mature, the students of the 1960's tend to involve themselves in any of 5 subcultures as a means of expressing their concern about a number of issues. The sorority or fraternity…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Higher Education, Intelligence, Student Alienation
Bortz, Richard Frederick – 1967
The principal concern of this study was to determine if there were significant relationships between selected factors of physical maturity and intelligence of seventh, eighth, and ninth grade boys and their ability to perform two common industrial arts woodworking tasks, sawing and hammering, using standard and modified tools. A sample of 72 boys…
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Rating, Doctoral Dissertations, Hand Tools
Rowe, Helga A. H. – 1976
In order to determine the comparability of the IQ estimates and subtest scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised, both tests were adminstered in a four-cell counter-balanced design. Overlapping items were given only once. Subjects were 77 male and 51 female adolescents…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Equated Scores, Intelligence Tests
White, Hazel L.; Mouw, John T. – 1976
This study examined the effects of the need to achieve, as measured by a behavioral checklist, on reading achievement. Subjects were 96 students enrolled in a southwestern Mississippi school district; 32 students were randomly selected from each of the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. Each subject was then tested in reading achievement, IQ, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Educational Research, Intelligence Quotient, Intermediate Grades
Troutman, James G. – 1977
Investigated were the effects of using intelligence quotients, high school rank, College Entrance Board Scholastic Aptitude Test scores in mathematics, and high school mathematics grades as predictors of success in finite mathematics. One hundred twenty-three students were included in the study. The SAT-Mathematics score was the best predictor…
Descriptors: Achievement, College Mathematics, Educational Research, Grades (Scholastic)
Wescourt, Keith T.; Hemphill, Linda – 1978
The goal of the present project was to identify the types of knowledge necessary and useful for competent troubleshooting/debugging and to examine how new approaches to formal instruction might influence the attainment of competence by students. The research focused on the role of general strategies in troubleshooting/debugging, and how they might…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Programs, Concept Teaching, Information Processing
Wescourt, Keith T.; And Others – 1977
One aspect of tutoring skill for technical subjects is individualized, adaptive sequencing of the problems given to students as learning exercises. A Curriculum Information Network (CIN) describes the relationships between the problems in a CAI curriculum and the concepts and skills that they are intended to teach. It is a basis for selecting…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Design
Griggs, Irma Lou – 1975
The identification of the specific components of literary taste in this study was accomplished through a search of the writings about children's literature and taste, the advice of a panel of experts in the field of children's literature, and the assistance of teachers and librarians. A list of 41 components was then developed into a Literary…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Critical Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education
Busch, Robert F. – 1974
The problem investigated in this study was to determine the best combination of tests or subtests in a research battery which, when administered to beginning first-grade students, would enable the most efficient prediction of reading achievement. A total of 1052 children were randomly selected from first-grade classrooms within the State of…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Intelligence Tests, Predictive Measurement, Primary Education
