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Download full textSpearritt, Donald, Ed. – 1982
Educational and psychological measurement has been a main area of work for the Australian Council for Educational (ACER) since its inception. The theoretical and practical contributions of latent trait measurement and commentary on the relatively recent use of these models in Australia were the focus of a seminar celebrating the 50th anniversary…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Educational Research, Educational Testing
Hyman, Stanley D. – Manpower, 1975
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Change, Course Descriptions, Employment Services
National Association of Independent Schools, Boston, MA. – 1978
The booklet discusses teaching gifted and talented students in the regular classroom. Brief case histories of three different types of gifted students are presented: morally gifted, creatively gifted, and cognitively gifted. Defining the gifted and talented is discussed, and characteristics of gifted children within each talent area are outlined.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Aptitude Tests, Case Studies
BRAUNDER, CHARLES J.; COWLEY, W.H. – 1962
A STUDY PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "EDUCATION" AND TO DEVELOP AN ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN WHICH COULD BE USED IN THE STUDY OF EDUCATION. THE OBJECTIVES WERE--(1) TO SEARCH OUT THE SIGNIFICANT PLANS, PAST AND PRESENT, EMPLOYED IN THE STUDY OF EDUCATION, (2) TO ESTABLISH THE PLACE OF SYSTEMATIZATION OF ACADEMIC…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Course Organization, Educational Experience, Educational Philosophy
OFFER, DANIEL – 1966
A STUDY TO EXAMINE THE INFLUENCE OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS ON THE FUNCTIONING OF NORMAL ADOLESCENTS WAS UNDERTAKEN. A SELF-IMAGE QUESTIONNAIRE WAS DEVELOPED TO SELECT MODAL ADOLESCENTS ON THE BASIS OF HOW CLOSE THEY COME TO PSYCHOLOGICAL NORMS. AFTER THREE YEARS, COMPLETE INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FOR 73 BOYS. THE DATA…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Environment, High School Students, Interviews
PINNOCK, THEODORE J. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF TESTING IN SEASONAL AND MIGRANT FARMERS' EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IS NOT FOR MEASUREMENT BUT FOR DIAGNOSIS OF THE DEGREE AND INTENSITY OF HELP NEEDED. TESTS SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY THE TEACHER TWO OR THREE WEEKS AFTER CLASS BEGINS WHEN POSSIBLE. THEY SHOULD BE SCORED CAREFULLY, AND THE RESULTS ANALYZED AND INTERPRETED. THE AUTHOR…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Testing, Group Testing
HARDAWAY, CHARLES W.; AND OTHERS – 1963
THE PURPOSE WAS AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF 1 YEAR'S UTILIZATION OF EDUCATION TELEVISION UPON THE ATTITUDES OF A SELECTED SAMPLE OF TEACHERS AND PUPILS AT BOTH THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY LEVELS. ATTITUDE SCALES WERE DEVELOPED FOR OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENTS OF THE ATTITUDES OF PUPILS AND TEACHERS. EACH SCALE ENCOMPASSED (1) CURRICULAR CONTENT,…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Television, Elementary Education, Forced Choice Technique
CHESTEEN, HILLIARD E., JR.; AND OTHERS – 1966
TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF A 6-WEEK HEAD START PROGRAM ON THE SCHOOL READINESS OF 81 CULTURALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA, COMPARISONS WERE MADE BETWEEN HEAD START AND NONCULTURALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN. IQ SCORES AND CULTURAL-SOCIOLOGICAL-ECONOMICAL STATUS INFLUENCE UPON SCHOOL READINESS WERE STUDIED. ALL CHILDREN INVOLVED…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Disadvantaged, Educational Research, Grade 1
Martin, Charles H. – 1975
This study relates Eric Berne's theory of Transactional Analysis to the effectiveness of advertising messages. A 30 item Personality Mode Test was constructed in order to assess subject agreement with statements reflecting Berne's three personality states: parent (social evaluative), adult (controlled rationality), and child (emotiveness). After…
Descriptors: Advertising, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Berens, Anne E. – 1972
Socialization practices as they are directed at boys and girls and as they relate to need for achievement, especially to differences in levels of need, were compared in a study population of 42 fifth-grade children, 21 boys and 21 girls, and their mothers. Both mothers and children were given the standard TAT measure scored for need for…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Females, Grade 5, Interaction Process Analysis
PDF pending restorationCovvey, H. Dominic; And Others – 1975
To provide remote psychiatric services to a population in Moose Factory, Ontario, via satellite, digital data links will be used to provide 24-hour access to the psychiatric medical file system and the psychiatric patient register at University Hospital, London, Ontario, and to permit scoring and interpretation of standard psychological tests. The…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Communications Satellites, Delivery Systems, Educational Television
Kasschau, Richard A. – 1970
The research reported here was directed at two distinct but related problems: (1) the assumption of bipolarity underlying standard semantic differential scales, and (2) the demonstration of the similarities between D-4 (the square root of the sum of squares of the difference between each word's mean rating and 4.00 on a number of scales) as a…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Association (Psychology), Cognitive Processes, Experimental Psychology
Moore, Donald Jerome – 1967
The relationship was analyzed of the characteristics of adaptability, vocational interests, and academic achievement of 77 Virginia agricultural extension agents to their tenure and performance. The agents were grouped on the basis of short, medium, or long tenure. Data were collected from personnel records of the state cooperative system, college…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis
Stanley, Charlton S. – 1968
A study of the relationship between certain test scores and probable training and vocational success was made. Examined were three major training areas: power sewing machine, nurse aide, and clerical office work. Six tests were tested for their ability to predict success: the WAIS Revised Beta; Purdue Pegboard; English, California Surveys of…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adults, Aptitude, Disadvantaged
Crosswhite, F. Joe – 1972
This is one of a series of reports on the National Longitudinal Study of Mathematical Abilities (NLSMA). This report examines measures of attitude, self-concept, and anxiety as outcomes of mathematics instruction for students in grades 4-12. (NLSMA Reports Nos. 1-7 and 9 provide background information on the measures and the population.) Specific…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, Educational Research, Elementary School Mathematics
