This manual is designed to introduce college and secondary students to individualized instruction. It includes an overview of the advantages of individualized instruction, a step-by-step description of how to go through an individualized course, and instruction in the self-management of study behavior. (Author/JY)

The results of a student evaluation of a television course on tests and measurements offered by the Extension Service, California State College, Los Angeles, California, are presented. The evaluation form, which was general in nature, was completed by 157 students who finished the course. Questions asked were: (1) How did you find out about the…

The purpose of this experiment was to relate two bodies of research on anxiety: test anxiety, or anxiety proneness specific to the testing situation, and trait-state anxiety. The author hypothesized that state anxiety--anxiety not tied to any particular situation but aroused in "any" situation--should be highly related to test anxiety during a…

The purpose of this paper is to critically raise some questions as to whether measurement can provide us with a universally applicable set of criteria for making value judgments in the social sciences. Stated are assumptions that provide the framework of current standardized testing. Questions are raised as to the efficacy of current standardized…

A new form of the Purdue Elementary Problem Solving Inventory which presents real-life problem situations as three-dimensional models is described and developmental data is presented. Second and fourth graders in an advantaged and a disadvantaged school were given either the model version or the original slide version of the Inventory. The model…

Results of a survey test in arithmetic, administered to all 5,118, year 3 pupils of Vancouver schools during the week of May 29-June 2, 1972, are summarized and compared with those of 1969. The two parts of the test--Number Work and Problems--were given in separate sessions. Three tables present the test results data. The data show that the…

Some of the problems involved in the use of intelligence and achievement tests with bicultural students are discussed. Some tests are "fair" to bicultural groups. The Arthur Performance Scale and the Goodenough Draw-A-Man-Test are fair to certain Hopi and Navajo Indian Groups. The use of these tests has been limited because they have not…

The Assessment for Higher Education project, initiated in Scotland in 1961, investigated the selection of students for higher education. Data collection was begun in 1962 and completed in 1970. By the end of 1971 the work of analysis was virtually completed for the data relating to the universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, St. Andrews and…

A battery of objective examinations administered to Grade 12 students in Toronto and Ontario consisted of tests designated as Scholastic Aptitude Test (Verbal and Mathematics Sections), World History, Economics, Algebra, and Latin. Norms were prepared on the tests for each of three groups of students: General, Technical, and Commercial. The tests…

Evaluation of the Pyramid Reading Program, Title I, ESEA, of the Minneapolis Public Schools was carried out using sibling methodology. The reading readiness at entry of kindergarten students was compared with that of their older siblings at their time of first grade entry, and fourth grade reading achievements will also be compared. The first…

A self-paced, individualized, multimedia physics course developed by the New York Institute of Technology for the U. S. Naval Academy with funds provided by the U. S. Office of Education is evaluated. Student performance is measured by "core problems." A core problem is a terminal objective in problem form. The student uses his results…

The present study sought to determine whether high- and low-sexual responders on a double-entendre word association test differed in defensive preference on Gleser and Ihilevich's Defense Mechanism Inventory. (Author)

Suggests through historical examination that memory, primarily linked with the imagination as a constructive and creative factor, is an important element in art training. (Author/RK)

States a case for a new system of evaluating student achievement. (Editor)

The use of peers to provide instructional control was investigated in two studies. The first determined the reliability with which students identify multiplication fact errors. The second investigated the effectiveness of a peer-mediated drill procedure for instruction on multiplication facts. (Author/RK)