A method of obtaining performance predictive information concerning applicants to counselor training programs, in particular, and to similar interpersonally oriented programs for other fields, in general, is presented. The rationale for and method of the development of a work sample type instrument to simulate interpersonal interaction of the…

Fifty-two University of Maryland, College Park campus police officers were administered the Personal History Index, the California Psychological Inventory, the Press Test, the Test of Social Insight, the Situational Attitude Scale, the Dogmatism Scale, and the California F scale. These predictors were related to the following performance criteria,…

Making a case for initiation of a systematic methodology that would predict and evaluate the potential social ramifications of scientific research, this monograph presents: (1) a review of the general lack of social concern among scientific researchers and rationale for utilization of scientific agricultural research as initiator of social…

This Technical Research Report gives correlations between student scores on the General Technical (GT) composite of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery and cumulative grade point averages (GPAs). Data were collected on 911 juniors and seniors selected from a sample at 22 secondary schools in the San Antonio metropolitan area. The GT…

Objective psychological measures, personal historical data, and seven criterion measures of performance were made on 67 physician extenders (MEDEX) in five consecutive classes at a southeastern university training site over a two year period, October 1972-April 1975. Multiple regression analysis was used to identify significant predictors for each…

This study seeks to illuminate those characteristics of students which predict their performance in using evidence to test a hypothesis. The research is conceived as part of a larger investigative strategy for understanding the relationships among characteristics of students, characteristics of social studies thinking tasks, and characteristics of…

Research was undertaken to investigate improving selection criteria for several curricula at the Naval Postgraduate School using the Strong Vocational Interest Blank and a biographical questionnaire as indicators of academic success and satisfaction with curriculum and future assignments. The seven curricula investigated were merged into three…

The relationships between the characteristics of human tasks and the abilities required for task performance are investigated. The goal of the program is to generate principles which can be used to identify ability requirements from knowledge of the characteristics of a task and of variations in the conditions of task performance. Such knowledge…

This study stems from attempts to develop prediction equations for freshman grade point average for two demographic classifications of students at a southwestern university. Although the particular results are probably of interest only to that university, certain aspects of the study should be of general interest, because, of the 3,237 students…

Compared was the relative predictive power of learning potential (LP) and IQ measures for 54 low-income Spanish-speaking students (grades 2 through 6) in a transitional bilingual urban school. Ss were administered the Raven LP procedure, the Semantic Test of Intelligence, the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) in Spanish, and the WISC…

The findings of a 3-year longitudinal research study to investigate predictive instruments for beginning reading achievement are reported. The original sample consisted of 300 kindergarten children from three socioeconomic attendance areas in the Cheyenne, Wyoming, public schools. For the final evaluation at the end of grade 2, only those pupils…

This scale is designed to aid in identifying dropout prone students. The instrument is a useful aid to professional judgment and may be used with upper elementary or junior high school students. The scale items are grouped in four sections: academic ability and performance, negative identification with education, family and socio-economic status,…

To help cooperative education teacher-coordinators bridge the gap between preservice teacher education classes and on-the-job coordination skill requirements, a prototype self-instructional package on cooperative education coordination skills was developed which included video recorded interview models with discrimination training. The package was…

More than 1000 fourth, fifth, and sixth graders from suburban New Jersey communities were tested on their choices of and reactions to poetry on the assumption that their likes and dislikes could provide determinants for enriched literary experiences in the middle grades. The 200 poems chosen for the experiment represented a variety of content,…

Research shows that there is a substantial degree of correlation between scores obtained on the Nelson-Denny Reading Test and the academic averages obtained by freshmen students at Harcum Junior College. This indicates that the reading test is a useful measuring instrument for predicting general levels of first-year academic achievement. (CK)