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Improving Validity by Testing for Competence: Refinement of a Paradigm and Its Application to the Hearing-Impaired.

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Dillon, Ronna F. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1979

The Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices and a Piagetian battery were administered to a sample of hearing-impaired elementary school children under six different conditions. Results indicated that scores varied as a function of the degree and type of feedback or elaboration. (JKS)

Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Developmental Stages, Educational Testing, Elementary Education

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Jacobs, Paul I.; Vandeventer, Mary – Psychol Rep, 1970

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Eskimos, Performance Factors

Purification of Spatial Tests: An IRT Analysis of Spatial and Reasoning Components in "Spatial" Tests.

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Zimowski, Michele F.; Wothke, Werner – 1987

Tests of spatial ability were analyzed for their analog (visuospatial) and nonanalog (verbal reasoning) components, using factor analyses of items and test scores. The self-selected sample consisted of over 2000 clients (average age about 26 or 27) employing the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation's aptitude evaluation services in 12 metropolitan…

Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Content Validity, Factor Analysis