Tested students (N=337) in eighth, and again in eleventh grade. Used discriminant analyses to predict how many years of college preparatory math they would elect. The Confidence in Learning Mathematics Scale emerged as a powerful discriminator. Spatial visualization skill was a more important discriminator for females than males. (JAC)

The backgrounds, values, and behavior of the Canadian New Left, based on a study of undergraduates at the University of Toronto, were compared with characteristics associated with the American New Left in the course of testing a model to predict student protest. Differences and similarities of radical students from the two countries are discussed.…

Comparative predictive validities of 147 secondary school students were examined for six subtests of the SRA Assessment Survey and for five subscales of the Dimensions of Self-Concept relative to overall/grade point average (GPA) earned and to GPA achieved in English and mathematics courses. (Author)

Data from the 1970 census indicated that Blacks in low percentage Black neighborhoods had higher incomes, a greater probability of working wives, and higher educational levels than those in high percentage Black neighborhoods. Discriminant analysis suggested that social psychological factors may mediate demographic factors in Blacks' decisions to…

Reveals significant correlations between all of the subtests of a standardized reading test and the behavior scores for girls, higher socioeconomic background students, and non-Black students; but not between the subtests and behavior scores for boys, lower socioeconomic background students, or Blacks. (FL)

Written tests do not project clinical optometric competence very well at present. However, the basic skills and knowledge necessary for competence can be measured, even if diagnostic and treatment skills cannot by current means. (MSE)

Premedical school achievement data were used to determine whether nonscience preparation in undergraduate study was a handicap in medical school. Nonscience students performed as well as or better than science majors on almost all performance measures. Implications for medical school admissions are examined. (MSE)

A total of 193 basically healthy working-class and middle-class mothers and their infants participated in a four-year longitudinal study. The study focused on the relative potency of several clusters of variables for predicting intellectual and language outcomes during the preschool years. (Author/RH)

One hundred and two third graders were tested on match-to-sample, cognitive style tasks in the visual and auditory modalities as well as a visual-auditory cross-modal task. The results lend support to the relationship between cognitive style and reading performance. (Author/NQA)

Attempted to explain variance in utilization of a university health care center. Males and females (N=145) completed personal data sheets and self-report inventories to determine attitudes toward self, others, children, authority, work, reality, parents and hope. Results indicated that positive attitudes toward self can predict utilization…

Emphasizes that college admissions criteria based on test scores that tend to be correlated with socioeconomic status are biased against racial/ethnic minorities. Suggests that alternative criteria might consider students' personality traits. (Author/MJL)

Based on the assumption that dental schools need to consider applicants with diverse backgrounds, a study was undertaken of the relationship between undergraduate majors and performance in dental school. Liberal arts majors performed as well in dental school and as well or better on licensing examinations as science majors. (Author/MSE)

Investigated the test performance of learning disabled and emotionally impaired children to aid in identification and differentiation of the two groups. A cut off score on the WISC-R, WRAT, and MPD was established that significantly separated the groups. The best predictors of achievement varied for the two groups. (JAC)

Discusses multiple regression, a very popular statistical technique in the field of education. One of the basic assumptions in regression analysis requires that independent variables in the equation should not be highly correlated. The problem of multicollinearity and some of the solutions to it are discussed. (Author)

Critically evaluates the literature through 1977 on the Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test. Areas reviewed are administration and standardization of the man and woman scales, test ceiling, sex differences, the Quality scale, reliability, criterion validity, validity with measures of academic achievement, cultural variables, and use with the learning…