Correlations of the four Famous Sayings Test scales with student GPR indicate that only the fear of failure was related to academic achievement. (Author/KM)

A laboratory analogue of naturalistic observation was used to examine the relationship of observer drift to instructional set and experimenter status. Results indicated a highly significant decrease in observer reliability coinciding with the shift from training to data collection. (ST)

A semantic differenial attitude scale, administered to students in an elementary individualized instruction program, was determined usable and internally reliable with students as young as third grade. (Author)

Presents the results of a study of the validity and reliability of a modification of the Reed Science Activity Inventory used with British high-ability students. (AL)

This article emphasizes identifying for the practitioner those qualities of situations and individuals which have been shown to have major effects on performance in testing situations. Recommendations for testing practices are made, and the dangers inherent in acceptance of test results as the sole basis for personnel decisions are pointed out.…

Suggests reading comprehension exercises, especially on lower reading levels, fail to test the pupil's understanding of the material read. (MM)

Normative, reliability, and validity data are reported for the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (MARS), a measure of mathematics anxiety for use in treatment and research. (Author)

The use of the kinesthetic aftereffect as a descriptive personality variable is strongly discouraged by the results of the present study. (Authors)