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Download full textMILLER, LEONARD A.; MUTHARD, JOHN E. – 1966
TWO HYPOTHESES RELATING THE AMOUNT OF RISK-TAKING A COUNSELOR DISPLAYS TO HIS JOB SUCCESS AND JOB SATISFACTION WERE PROPOSED. HOWEVER, RISK-TAKING, AS MEASURED BY WILLINGNESS TO BET ON ANSWERS TO A REHABILITATION INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE TEST GIVEN TO 83 COUNSELORS IN FOUR STATES, LACKED A RELATIONSHIP OF PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE. A SECOND STUDY…
Descriptors: Correlation, Counselor Evaluation, Counselor Performance, Job Satisfaction
NICHOLS, ROBERT C. – 1965
SCALES FOR PREDICTING 1ST-YEAR COLLEGE GRADES AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENT WERE DEVELOPED BY ITEM ANALYSIS FROM EACH OF FOUR ITEM POOLS--THE CALIFORNIA PSYCHOLOGICAL INVENTORY (CPI), THE VOCATIONAL PREFERENCE INVENTORY (VPI), AN ADJECTIVE CHECK LIST (ACL), AND AN EXPERIMENTAL OBJECTIVE BEHAVIOR INVENTORY (OBI)--USING A SAMPLE OF 1,013 NATIONAL…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Bibliographies, College Entrance Examinations
Livingston, Samuel A. – 1980
The selection and development of six tests measuring the ability to receive and interpret nonverbal communications are described, as is an attempt to gather evidence of their value as predictors of success in two occupations requiring high levels of interpersonal skills-- psychology and counseling. The tests were: (1) Inter-Person Perception Test;…
Descriptors: Correlation, Counseling Effectiveness, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence
Couch, James V.; And Others – 1979
An investigation of self-statements, test anxiety and academic achievement studied 426 college students. Research methodology is defined, demographics and student profiles for both facilitative and debilitative test anxiety are presented, with the resulting findings for each testing component. The student profile for high facilitative test anxiety…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, College Students, High Achievement
Milman, Doris H. – 1978
Two studies explore the late outcome of minimal brain dysfunction in 73 patients in relation to their initial presentation and predictive factors. Both studies followed the patients for a period of 10 to 20 years. Findings from the first study of initial presentation in relation to adult outcome showed that there was a strong positive correlation…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Clinical Diagnosis, Exceptional Child Research, Followup Studies
WILLIAMS, ROBERT A. – 1963
IN THE FALL SEMESTER 1961 AT GRAND RAPIDS JUNIOR COLLEGE, MICHIGAN, ALL FRESHMEN WHOSE HIGH SCHOOL GRADE AVERAGES WERE BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 WERE ENROLLED IN A GENERAL STUDIES CURRICULUM. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE RECORDS OF 398 SUCH STUDENTS SHOWED LOW CORRELATIONS BETWEEN FIRST SEMESTER COLLEGE GRADES AND SCORES ON MEASURES OF SCHOLASTIC…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Cultural Influences, Doctoral Dissertations
Rosen, Carl L. – American Journal of Optometry, 1968
To investigate the effects of perceptual training upon selected measures of reading achievement in grade 1, 12 experimental classrooms of randomly selected first graders received a 29-day adaptation of the Frostig Program for the Development of Visual Perception. Thirteen control classes added comparable time to the regular reading instructional…
Descriptors: Eye Hand Coordination, Grade 1, Perceptual Development, Predictive Measurement
Britt, Morris F. – 1967
A Color Association Exercise (CAE) with four scales (Originality, Abstraction, Fluency, and Elaboration) was devised to assess verbal creative ability. When administered to 173 adolescent students, the Color Association Exercise appeared to have only moderate potential as an assessment technique for verbal creative ability. Abstraction and…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creativity Research, Language Ability, Measurement
Adkins, Dorothy; And Others – 1968
A previous study was successful in designing an instrument to measure motivation which can be used with preschool children. The purpose of the present research was (1) to develop further the new instrument by giving it an initial trial on a substantial number of subjects, (2) to select and revise the test items on the basis of item analysis, and…
Descriptors: Covert Response, Factor Analysis, Item Analysis, Low Achievement
Kapes, Jerome T. – 1969
This report presents the initial investigation of a longitudinal research effort to study various factors related to current development. The value of this study is its potential value in increasing the understanding of circumstances under which certain behaviors occur. In particular, this study has attempted to evaluate the usefulness of the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Grade 10
Lamoureux, Marvin E.; Johannsen, Craig – 1977
Pre-selection criteria were developed to obtain a profile of student nurses who would compute a community college nursing program, and student nurses who would leave the program prior to completion. The battery consisted of tests and questionnaires based upon cognitive, personality/attitude, vocational preference, and socioeconomic status domains.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Dropout Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Nursing Students
McLeod, John – 1978
Rational, defensible guidelines for use in identifying learning disabled children would assist in determining the most efficient use of diagnostic expertise, in specifying learning disabled populations for research purposes, and in assuring equity in the provision of diagnostic and remedial services. One commonly accepted symptom of learning…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
University City School District, MO. – 1969
This report is part of a 4-year study of prekindergarten and kindergarten children designed to provide data predictive of children's school achievement. A total of 109 boys and girls were given the Complete Assessment Battery, Metropolitan Readiness Tests (MRT), and the California Short-Form Test of Mental Maturity at the end of kindergarten or in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Tests, Grade 1
Planisek, R. J.; And Others – 1968
Research has provided few guidelines or criteria which can be utilized by college deans to decide which academically dismissed students have the highest probability of success once readmitted. In this study, measures of student characteristics were sought which correlate with academic performance. 360 admission applicants, of whom 181 sought…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission (School), College Admission, College Students
Geyer, James R. – 1968
The major problem investigated was the effectiveness of cloze procedure as a predictor of a student's ability to comprehend social studies materials when compared with I.Q. scores, previous social studies grades, and standardized reading test scores. As a secondary purpose, the effectiveness of rewritten social studies materials as a means of…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Instructional Materials, Measurement Instruments, Predictive Measurement
