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Using Aptitude Testing to Facilitate Career Development Needs of the Community College Non-Traditional Adult Learner. Final Report. Vocational Guidance and Counseling Project.

Grigsby, James; Somerville, Sarah – 1987

Germanna Community College (Virginia) instituted a program involving computer-based career aptitude testing of nontraditional adult learners enrolled in community colleges. The APTICOM computerized aptitude testing apparatus (purchased from the Vocational Research Institute) was selected for the program. A publicity campaign was organized to…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling

A Computerized Adaptive Edition of the Differential Aptitude Tests.

McBride, James R. – 1986

An overview of the development of a computerized version of the Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT) is presented. It describes the previously existing printed version of the DAT, design of the computerized adaptive edition, calibration of the test items for use in the computerized version, and two field studies that compared the Adaptive and…

Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adaptive Testing, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing