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MANUEL, HERSCHEL T. – 1963
A NEW SERIES OF INTER-AMERICAN TESTS OF GENERAL ABILITY AND TESTS OF READING IN PARALLEL ENGLISH AND SPANISH EDITIONS HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR USE IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS. THE TESTS REPRESENT TOOLS WHICH MAY BE USED EFFECTIVELY THROUGHOUT THIS HEMSIPHERE WHEREVER ENGLISH OR SPANISH IS SPOKEN. THE TESTS WERE CONSTRUCTED FROM MATERIALS COMMON TO…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary School Students, English, Material Development
ROCKETT, AGNES M.; SAUL, EZRA V. – 1964
CRITERIA WERE DEVELOPED FOR THE DESIGN OF LABELS IN VERBAL-PICTORIAL EDUCATIONAL DISPLAYS. THE INFLUENCE OF SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF LABELS ON EASE OF LEARNING AND DEGREE OF RETENTION WAS INVESTIGATED. THIRTY ANATOMICAL PARTS OF THE HUMAN DIGESTIVE TRACT WERE LABELED ON 10 CHARTS SHOWING THE SAME DIAGRAM OF THE HUMAN BODY, BUT WITH DIFFERENT…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Audiovisual Aids, Biology, Charts
Download full textLacher, Maury; Lacher, Miriam R. – 1975
Extending the work of Crandall (1969), this study tested the hypotheses of sex differences in interpretation of past academic performance and expectations of future achievement. Subjects were 225 freshman women and 194 freshman men (93 percent of the freshmen class) at a highly selective midwestern liberal arts college: they did not differ in past…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Achievement, Expectation
McFann, Howard H. – 1969
This is a report of the progress of Human Resources Research Office (HumRRO) activities associated with Project 100,000, the training of marginal personnel. Preliminary findings are described, including certain background information concerning Project personnel. Training factors, learning ability, literacy requirements, and on-the-job…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational Methods, Individual Differences, Military Personnel
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Education for Exceptional Students. – 1973
Presented is Florida's state resource manual for gifted child education. Noted are the history and philosophy of the gifted child program, and offered is a profile of a typical gifted and talented youth. Identification of gifted and talented youth is discussed, and suggested is a process format using information gained from both cognitive and…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Community Resources, Evaluation, Exceptional Child Education
Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools, CA. – 1973
The appendix to the report of the Santa Cruz Special Education Management System contains an article on labeling; a list of consultants; sample job descriptions and catalyst cards; a list of assessment tools used to develop the Behavioral Characteristics Progression (BCP); and a bibliography. The article notes limitations imposed by conventional…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Class Activities, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
Reys, Robert E.; Rea, Robert E.
The development, administration, results of administration, and limitations and problems of the Comprehensive Mathematics Inventory (CMI) are discussed. The CMI is an instrument for assessing mathematics competencies of children prior to or at the instance of entering school. In a pilot test of the CMI, 727 children in their first full week of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Kindergarten Children, Mathematics, Measurement Instruments
Neeb, Robert W.; And Others – 1971
As part of a research framework for a program to improve articulation between the educational and work domains of society, this report describes an attempt to link descriptions of work activities and conditions contained in an Occupation Analysis Inventory (OAI) with certain defined human attributes in the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Cognitive Ability, Individual Characteristics
Allington, Richard L. – Academic Therapy, 1978
A study of 57 certified teachers was undertaken in order to determine the individual teacher's ability to correctly judge oral reading performance. (PHR)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Informal Assessment
Peer reviewedBryant, Christy K.; Roffe, Michael W. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1978
A consistent picture regarding the reliability of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities cannot be obtained from current literature. A clear understanding of the stability of the MSCA would be particularly useful in establishing and planning academic programs and this research attempts to provide such an estimate of reliability. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Clinical Psychology, Correlation, Measurement Instruments
Peer reviewedHartley, Alan A.; Hartley, Joellen T. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1976
A predictive equation for estimating performance in a basic course in methods of psychological research from scores on the Differential Aptitude Test reasoning scales and on the Davis Reading Test, from measures of attitudes toward issues in psychology, and from self-ratings of abilities and of expected course grades is developed. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, College Students, Grade Prediction, Higher Education
Sisk, Dorothy A. – American Education, 1977
By knowing the indicators, parents can spot special talents in their youngsters and, by taking a few simple steps, can start the process of bringing these gifts to flower. (Editor)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Case Studies, Definitions, Gifted
Isaacs, Ann Fabe – Instructor, 1977
Suggestions for meeting the special needs of gifted students are presented. (RW)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Creative Activities, Educational Resources, Enrichment Activities
Peer reviewedMerenda, Peter F.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
This study describes the procedures and the results of an investigation of the homogeneity of the subscales of the Rhode Island Pupil Identification Scale, a pupil behavior-observation scale for use by teachers for detecting young children with learning problems. (Author)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Behavior Rating Scales, Educational Diagnosis, Learning Problems
Peer reviewedAlgozzine, Bob; Ysseldyke, James E. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1987
Most conceptualizations of learning disabilities are based on discrepancies between ability and achievement, but the dimensions of this parameter have not been documented. Discrepancies for 83 third graders, 48 fifth graders, and 50 twelfth graders were compared. The use of ability achievement discrepancies to determine the need for special…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement Rating, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification
