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JOHNSON, LINDA J.; RICCIUTI, HENRY D. – 1965
A MAIN PROBLEM ARISING IN THE STUDY OF CATEGORIZING BEHAVIOR IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN BY MEANS OF SORTING PROCEDURES WAS THAT PERFORMANCE APPEARED TO BE VERY MUCH A FUNCTION OF THE CHILD'S COMPREHENSION OF THE PARTICULAR VERBAL INSTRUCTIONS EMPLOYED BY THE EXPERIMENTER IN PRESENTING THE TASK. THE SPECIFIC AIMS OF THE FIRST STUDY WERE TO INVESTIGATE…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Classification, Developmental Tasks
Download full textBROWN, ALPHA; AND OTHERS – 1965
MINIMUM EVALUATION OF CHILDREN WITH MENTAL, PHYSICAL, OR EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES WHO ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR SPECIAL CLASS PLACEMENT SHOULD INCLUDE PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION, PHYSICAL EVALUATION, A FAMILY PROFILE, AND AN ACADEMIC RECORD. REGULATIONS FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION, REFERRAL PROCEDURE FOR THE TEACHER, AND PLACEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Handicapped Children, Identification, Measurement
FRETZ, BRUCE B.; SCHMIDT, LYLE D. – 1965
THE INTERACTION OF TEACHER-STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS AS RELATED TO STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT, IMPROVEMENT, AND SATISFACTION WAS EXPLORED DURING THE REPORTED RESEARCH. THE FOLLOWING HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED--(1) THOSE STUDENTS WHOSE MEASURED CHARACTERISTICS ARE MOST SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE INSTRUCTOR OBTAIN THE HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT RATIOS, (2)…
Descriptors: Achievement, College Faculty, College Students, Personality
Plake, Barbara Sterrett; And Others – 1980
The difficulties in comparing profile variability (a measure of test scatter) are briefly discussed and the limitations of current techniques pointed out. Test scatter is defined as individual variation in test scores between or within various psychological and educational tests. Currently, no statistical technique for the comparison of profile…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Educational Testing, Individual Testing, Mathematical Models
Cureton, Edward E. – 1968
This study reports, for a group of 257 boys and a group of 286 girls, factor analyses of 43 Project TALENT aptitude and information tests, together with 48 tests from three multiple-aptitude batteries and one high-school achievement battery (The Flanagan Aptitude Classification Tests, Differential Aptitude Tests, General Aptitude Test Battery, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Testing
Sattler, Jerome M. – 1967
The effects of alterations in test procedure upon the original and repeated test performance of normal adolescents are determined for two subtests--Block Design (BD) and Picture Arrangement (PA)--appearing in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and Wechsler Bellevue Intelligence Scale Form 1. Two experiments were conducted, one with 170…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bibliographies, Cues, Grade 7
Feld, Sheila; Lewis, Judith – 1967
In a 1963 experiment, 3,867 boys and 3,684 girls in the second grade were used to investigate the dimensionality of the Test Anxiety Scale for Children (TASC). Factors included test anxiety, remote school concern, poor self-evaluation and somatic signs of anxiety. Factor analysis demonstrates a stable multidimensional structure for TASC. Results…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Elementary School Students, Evaluation, Factor Analysis
Kirchner, Corinne – 1959
Understanding the connection between motivation and education is crucial for the achievement of adult educational goals. In social psychological terms, for each individual the learning process proceeds selectively in the context of motivational forces. With increasing age and ego development, basic motivational forces are socially defined,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Learning, Individual Needs, Learning Motivation
An Investigation of Personality Characteristics Among Library Students at One Midwestern University.
Clayton, Howard – 1968
Although libraries are considered cricial to education, academic librarianship appears to rank as low-level administrative work. Paradoxically, many librarians were formerly teachers or workers in a quasi-intellectual field carrying more pay and prestige. This is possibly because many who are dissatisfied in such fields wish to remain in an…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Former Teachers, Graduate Students, Job Satisfaction
Dees, James W. – 1976
A procedure for using Guilford's structure of the intellect as the theoretical basis for a task analysis model is presented. It is reasoned that such a model would furnish a bridge between task analysis and test selection, and also a bridge between test selection and test validation. Such a mechanism might answer some of the Equal Employment…
Descriptors: Ability, Classification, Job Skills, Job Training
New Orleans Public Schools, LA. – 1968
This document is an extension of a previous study undertaken to determine whether a modified curriculum that would effect children's self-concept could be developed. The subjects for the research program were children from two kindergarten classes located in disadvantaged areas. Three tests were administered: (1) Stanford Binnet Intelligence…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Experimental Programs, Followup Studies, Kindergarten Children
Gloeckler, Theodore L. B. – 1969
This is to be the first of two technical reports sharing the same title. It describes the testing procedures used by the Educational Diagnostic and Planning Center, outlining the manner of data gathering from objective, standardized instruments and other sources. It also describes the collation of data into meaningful descriptive summaries. The…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation
Weiss, David J. – 1969
Today's psychological measurement depends almost exclusively on the "standardized test." A certain amount of non-standardization, however, exists in the administration of any standardized test, with the amount unknown for any given test score. Time limits on tests pose a bigger problem since another variable is introduced, pressure. Test taking…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Individual Testing, Measurement Instruments, Motivation
Schenkel, K. F.; Hudson, R. H. – 1968
This report describes a metalworker's training program conducted by the Lockheed-Georgia Company and funded by the Manpower Development Training Act (MDTA). The trainees ranged from ages 18 to 21, and were mainly comprised of school dropouts and minority group members (84 percent Negroes) with police records. Tests used to screen candidates are…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Blacks, Criminals, Disadvantaged Youth
Lecznar, W. B.; And Others – 1969
This symposium focused on curricular developments and trends, prediction models and inputs from psychological testing, a developmental counseling program within a 2-year technical institute, and their implications for vocational-technical education. Four papers were presented: (1) "Recent Developments and Trends in Vocational-Technical Education…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Counseling Services, Counselor Role
