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Hsia, Jayjia – 1981
There are discrepancies between the aptitude test scores of Asian and Pacific Americans and their academic and employment achievement. Asian Pacific Americans do better in school than their test scores predict, but have lower level jobs and income than predicted. These students perform above average in mathematics and science and below average in…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Career Choice, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Smith, Philip L. – 1980
Accurate estimation of variance components used in generalizability theory is essential for the theory to be viewed as an efficacious mechanism for studying the reliability and validity of a measurement procedure. This paper explores two alternatives for dealing with the apparent instability of small sample size used in determining the accuracy of…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Error of Measurement, High Schools, Measurement Techniques
Download full textHESS, ROBERT D.; AND OTHERS – 1966
IN ORDER TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS FOR ASSESSING THE COGNITIVE CAPACITIES OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, EXTENSIVE TESTING OF PRESCHOOL PUPILS AT 4 HEADSTART CENTERS IN CHICAGO WAS CONDUCTED. ACHIEVEMENT AND BEHAVIOR TESTS WERE ADMINISTERED DIRECTLY TO THE PUPILS. PUPILS' MOTHERS WERE INTERVIEWED AND TESTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Behavior Rating Scales, Cognitive Ability
BROWN, ROSCOE C.; HENDERSON, EDWARD – 1965
A STUDY WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH SCORES REPRESENTING PUPILS' STATUS ON CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTAL FACTORS CAN PREDICT THE ACHIEVEMENT IN READING, ARITHMETIC, AND THE MEDIAN OF THE BATTERY OF ACHIEVEMENT TESTS. THE STUDY COVERED A PERIOD OF 4 YEARS DURING WHICH THE SAME GROUP OF PUPILS WAS STUDIED IN THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Arithmetic, Child Development, Factor Analysis
BROWN, ROSCOE C., JR.; HENDERSON, EDWARD – 1965
THE EXTENT TO WHICH SCORES REPRESENTING PUPILS' STATUS ON CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTAL FACTORS PREDICTED THEIR ACHIEVEMENT IN READING, ARITHMETIC, AND THE MEDIAN OF A BATTERY OF ACHIEVEMENT TESTS WAS PRESENTED. THE STUDY COVERED A PERIOD OF 4 YEARS DURING WHICH THE SAME PUPILS WERE STUDIED IN THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH GRADES. STUDIES OF THESE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Child Development, Elementary School Students
McKee, Barbara G. – 1980
Canonical variate analysis was employed to measure the direction and intensity of relationships between student ratings of instruction and students' course-oriented attitude change. Change was defined as the residual post-course attitude scores when pre-course attitude scores served as predictors. The Adjective Rating Scale (ARS), a measure of…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Course Evaluation, Higher Education, Multivariate Analysis
Lunneborg, Clifford E.; Lunneborg, Patricia W. – 1978
To determine the most appropriate use of interest scales in predicting college major at graduation, data from the Vocational Interest Inventory were analyzed. Subjects were 2,175 college graduates who had taken the inventory as high school juniors, and had graduated in one of 22 majors. The effects upon accuracy of classification and conceptual…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Discriminant Analysis, High Schools, Higher Education
Danielson, Gary; Haupt, Edward J. – 1977
Bloom has looked to mastery learning, exemplified by the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI), to reduce individual differences in posttest performance, such as final grades and midterm examination scores. While PSI courses have raised overall performance, there has been little examination of individual differences in these courses. Data from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Correlation, Course Content
Pinette, Clayton, Ed. – 1979
Six articles are presented in this special interest journal focusing on two-year college reading instruction. Mindy Brooks discusses teaching and learning styles in terms of individual approaches to gathering and evaluating data. W. E. Jackson and Twalah Jackson discuss changes in the educational environment as related to the concept of "getting…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Community Colleges, Educational Environment, Educational Trends
Ozer, Mark N.; Deem, Michael A. – 1968
A neurological examination has been developed to discover children with physiologically based learning problems who do not manifest asymmetrical functioning. This study attempts to determine the validity of this examination by its accuracy in predicting the performance of children in a summer Head Start program. Validity was determined by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Correlation
Gilbert, Ardyce Lucile – 1966
This investigation, part of a longitudinal study of homemaking teacher effectiveness, was designed to explore the usefulness of clinical judgments to predict teacher success. Clinical judgment is defined as involving the ability to make sound decisions after gathering and evaluating all the pertinent evidence, weighing possible alternatives in…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Evaluation Criteria, Home Economics Education, Home Economics Teachers
DiMichael, Salvatore G. – 1966
The focus of the Abraham Jacobs Memorial Symposium was the rehabilitation of the mentally retarded. In "Predictive Studies of Vocational Adjustment," Henry V. Cobb and Shirley Epir discuss (1) the history of treatment of the retarded in the United States, (2) problems in predictive research with the retarded, and (3) difficulties in the…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Cultural Influences, Followup Studies, Foreign Countries
Harris, Randolph K.; Huckell, Raymond K., Jr. – 1974
The study reports correlations between student scores on the general technical composite of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery and cumulative grade point averages. Data were collected on 911 juniors and seniors selected from a sample at 22 high schools in the San Antonio, Texas, metropolitan area. The general technical score was found…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Correlation
Bower, George L.; And Others – 1975
This Technical Research Note is designed for reference by high school counselors, service test administrators, and educational specialists as a supplemental guide to the interpretation of Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) results in local guidance and counseling programs. This study examined the validity of specific ASVAB…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Armed Forces, High School Students, Occupational Tests
Bridgeman, Brent; And Others – 1975
This report presents the results of a data analysis designed to determine (1) the relationship of measures of self-esteem and achievement motivation obtained in the Head Start year, kindergarten, and first grade to reading and mathematics achievement in the third grade, and (2) whether such measures can improve predictions made solely from a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Youth, Data Analysis
