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Amundson, Marian Stuehrenberg – 1972
The purpose of this study was to compare two instruments for screening preschool children for potential learning problems. The two instruments used were the Metropolitan Readiness Tests (MRT) and the Wizard of Oz Preschool Preliminary Screening Program. The children tested on both measures were members of a self-contained kindergarten class. MRT…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Glossaries, Language Tests, Learning Disabilities
Carroll, Thomas G. – 1973
Exploratory research on some aspects of the cultural theory of education in concept development are reviewed and the research findings are outlined. Three hypotheses tested are 1) that children will have cultural mappings (systems of codes for perception and action) that differ from adults; 2) that children at different ages will show a…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Schevill, Helen Shaner – 1973
This report investigates perceptual functioning in the kindergarten first-grade period for slow- and average-maturing children. Two sets of auditory and visual tasks were devised: (1) identifying the first of an ordered pair of lights or tones when speed of presentation was a factor, and (2) categorizing each stimulus signal either by a uni- or…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Grade Equivalent Scores

Livesey, David J. – Developmental Psychology, 2002
Investigated the relationship between Vividness of Movement Imagery Questionnaire scores and kinesthetic acuity--the sense of body position and movement--among 10- and 14-year-olds. Found that in the older group, those with high levels of visual movement imagery performed better on measures of kinesthetic acuity; no such effect was found for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Body Image, Children
Vrasidas, Charalambos; Lantz, Chris – 1995
This paper describes a study in which a Picture Readability Index (PRI) was used to investigate initial and extended perceptions of photographs. Readability criteria for evaluating instructional text seems to have been in place for a long time, yet instructional visuals like photographs and illustrations have typically been subject to no such…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Testing, Evaluation Criteria
Nenty, H. Johnson – 1986
The Cattell Culture Fair Intelligence Test (CCFIT) was administered to a large sample of American, Nigerian, and Indian adolescents, and item data were examined for cultural bias. The CCFIT was designed to measure fluid intelligence, which is not influenced by cultural differences. Four different item analysis techniques were used to determine…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Culture Fair Tests
Khammash, Salma B. – 1986
This paper presents the development of the Arabic Picture Vocabulary Test (APVT), derived from the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised, for use in assessing the aural-vocabulary of newly arrived limited English proficiency children, from kindergarten through grade three, whose first language is Arabic. The APVT, an individually administered…
Descriptors: Arabs, Auditory Stimuli, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Costantino, Giuseppe; And Others – 1985
The theoretical framework and cross-cultural validation of Tell-Me-A-Story (TEMAS), a projective test developed to measure personality development in ethnic minority children, is presented. The TEMAS test consists of 23 chromatic pictures which incorporate the following characteristics: (1) representation of antithetical concepts which the…
Descriptors: Black Students, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Education, Hispanic Americans
Zirkel, Perry Alan; Greene, John F. – 1974
Each of the four Cultural Attitude Scales (CAS) contains fifteen graphic illustrations of the dress, sports, food and popular symbols for the Anglo American, Black American, Mexican American, and Puerto Rican cultures, respectively. Designed to measure ethnic identity or cross-cultural awareness for grades one to six, they do not require reading…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attitude Measures, Blacks, Cultural Awareness
Becker, John T. – 1969
This study endeavored to determine (1) the reliability with which selected individual tests of language, visual and auditory perception, and auditory-visual perceptual integration can be administered through group testing; (2) the decrease in administration and scoring time by using these instruments in a group manner, and (3) the relationships…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Auditory Tests, Elementary School Students

Harvill, Leo M. – 1971
Five scales designed to measure the attitudes of young children toward arithmetic, reading, and art were developed. Two of the scales (Picture and Forced Choice) were ipsative in nature; the remaining three (Millimeter, Box, and Semantic Differential) allowed the child to express a more absolute attitude about each activity. The scales were…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Art, Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis
Hines, Brainard W. – 1971
This report includes a description of the Frostig as a total instrument and an overall analysis, as well as separate analyses and descriptions of each subtest. A brief summary of the experimental design and sampling plan also is included. A summary of the AEL Early Childhood Program is available as PS 004 889. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Mobile Classrooms, Motor Development, Nonprofessional Personnel
Iaccino, James F.; Spirek, Pamela – 1988
Previous research has demonstrated that bizarre imagery facilitates long-term recall of noun pairs. A study investigated the effects of bizarreness when more pronounced delays were used. Subjects, 40 introductory psychology students from Illinois Benedictine College, were shown 30 plausible and 30 bizarre scenes at a viewing distance of…
Descriptors: Encoding (Psychology), Figural Aftereffects, Long Term Memory, Perception Tests
Pugh, Richard C.; And Others – 1976
Categorizing Teacher Behavior, developed to measure acquisition of concepts portrayed in the Concepts and Patterns in Teacher-Pupil Interaction film series, measures the ability to identify and categorize instances of the specificed concepts as they are portrayed in reasonably complex filmed classroom interactions. The film series itself is based…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Answer Sheets, Classification, Criterion Referenced Tests
Jantz, Richard K.; And Others – 1976
The Children's Attitudes Toward the Elderly (CATE) is designed to assess the attitudes of children, ages 3 to 11, towards the elderly through analysis of the affective, behavioral, and knowledge components of attitudes. To achieve a balanced sample of test items for each domain, four measurement techniques are used: open-ended questions; semantic…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Age, Age Differences