Evidence suggests that individual difference measures of personality are limited in their ability to predict cross-situational behavior. This limitation has applied to measures of communication-bound anxiety that have generally been developed as unidimensional instruments. A study explored whether a measurement approach based on individual and…

The problem of finding a meaningful way of demonstrating the benefit or satisfaction to be gained by using predictive assessment techniques to select or place individuals in work situations is explored. The urgent need of developing nations for appropriate occupational and educational selection procedures is presented and explained. A discussion…

This overview of both quantitative and qualitative methods of educational forecasting is introduced by a discussion of a general typology of forecasting methods. In each of the following sections, discussion follows the same general format: a number of basic approaches are identified (e.g. extrapolation, correlation, systems modelling), and each…

Reuven Feuerstein's Learning Potential Assessment Device and Instrumental Enrichment (LPAD/IE) system presents a valid approach to assessment, which moves from constructs, to pedagogical theory, to instruments, and to remedial strategies. This system uses standardized tests in a standard approach, but not for the purpose of the quantification of…

For the purposes of this study, which examines the upward mobility of educational administrators, "upward mobility" is defined as a function of a combination of professional attractiveness and inside sponsorship operating in a paternalistic environment. The study tested four hypotheses within paternalistic school environments: (1)…

Acceptable performance on the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) is necessary for acceptance into medical school; therefore, students planning a career in medicine and their advisors would benefit by having information useful in predicting performance on this examination. The present study examined the validity of the ACT Assessment as such a…

The research reported here had the objective of developing a practical, fair method for identifying the top two per cent in ability of the eighth grade of an inner-city junior high school; approximately 400 students in a predominantly black urban junior high school participated. (Author/JM)

Based on the argument that traditional college admissions standards comprise elements that are invalid predictors of significant contributions to society, the author discusses selected results of a study which measured college apllicants' non-academic activities and productive thinking capacity as possible predictors of success in college.…

Use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) in placing students with seminar leaders in an undergraduate childhood education course was investigated. Eight null hypotheses were tested individually for six areas of student perception: perception of self-in-general; self-as-teacher; self-related-to-others; others; the Childhood Education Program;…

IQ correlated moderately with achievement. In general, diagnostic teaching exceeded IQ in predictive effectiveness. (Author/BJG)

The sample groups consisted of 570 women and 1,031 men who were National Merit Scholars in 1966. Differentiations of career groups from the SVIB-M were compared for men and women. Results suggest that a single form of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank is potentially feasible for predicting college major and career choices of women as well as…

Compared were subtest scores and full scale results on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children of 197 retarded (IQ 30-69) 7-to 15-year-old children. (CL)

Research supported in part by the U.S. Department of Labor (OMPER Grant Number 82-06-66-62).

Based upon PhD thesis, Florida State University, May 1966.