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Download full textHubbard, Robert L. – 1974
The research had four purposes: describe the concept of future orientation; develop measures of future constructs; determine the impact of background, labor markets, and job training on future orientations; and evaluate the validity of the measures as predictors of training outcomes and economic success. Data were collected from a sample of men in…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, Employee Attitudes, Futures (of Society)
Silvernail, Jean Marie – 1974
Coping is defined as the process by which the child attempts to control, synthesize, and make his world manageable. Coping behaviors found in the literature and observed in five preschool classrooms were behaviorally defined to facilitate their identification and observation by trained adults. An instrument designed for use in observation of these…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques, Coping
Forest, Robert F. – 1978
The purpose of the study was to compare the undergraduate grade point average with the graduate index to ascertain whether the former could be used as a predictor of graduate success for students in the Leadership-Administration Emphasis, with an eye to using it in the graduate admissions process. Data on the 60 students enrolled in the program…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Comparative Analysis, Education Majors, Educational Administration
London, David T. – 1975
Data from the stepwise multiple regression of four educational cognitive style predictor sets on each of six academic competence criteria were used to define the concurrent validity of Hill's educational cognitive style model. The purpose was to determine how appropriate it may be to use this model as a prototype for successful academic programs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, College Freshmen
Soetrisno, Heru – 1975
A study of the U.S. Navy officer students who were registered in the Operations Research/System Analysis curriculum at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in spring, 1974, was conducted using biographical data, the Strong Vocational Interest Blank, and the Graduate Record Examination to develop an equation predicting academic performance of U.S.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Biographical Inventories, Grade Prediction
Warshavsky, Belle – 1975
The concurrent validity of the third grade, New York State Pupil Evaluation Reading Program (PEP) reading test was examined with the following standardized tests: the Durrell Silent Reading Test, the Gilmore Oral Reading Test, the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT), the Verbal IQ of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC), and the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cloze Procedure, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Gregory, Faye M. – 1993
A study confirmed the need for an ambulatory nursing experience as part of the vocational nursing (VN) program at the Long Beach City College (LBCC). Information on which to base the revision of the ambulatory care (AC) experience was obtained from a literature review and interviews with the following: AC administrators, California Board of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Experience, Clinics, Curriculum Development
Young, Peter Adams – 1975
Random polygons were used as stimuli in a two-choice multiple discrimination learning paradigm designed to test individual learning ability. A nonverbal test was developed in order to avoid the cultural and racial bias which, according to the author, is inherent in verbal tests. Information processing rate (IPR) was used as the measure of learning…
Descriptors: Ability, Ability Identification, Cognitive Processes, Culture Fair Tests
Carlson, Dale R. – 1979
A community assessment questionnaire was developed at Worthington Community College (WCC) to determine sources of information about WCC, attitudes toward and knowledge of WCC, educational needs and interests, how WCC's service population could best be served, and respondent characteristics. A total of 200 people in six population centers were…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges, Community Surveys
Bistreich, Alan M. – 1977
The validity of seven criteria utilized in conjunction with personal interviews and School and College Ability Test scores in the selection of applicants for admission to four Allied Health programs was investigated. The independent predictor variables studied were high school grade point average (GPA), the number of high school natural science…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Admission, Community Colleges
Jurik, Richard A. – 1972
The study determined whether using outdoor experiences as a teaching medium increased the level of creative thought for sixth grade children. Four factors of creativity were measured: figural fluency, figural flexibility, figural originality, and figural elaboration. Two groups of sixth grade pupils, one experimental (with 30 children)and the…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Art Activities, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Bills, David B. – 1977
A number of tables present data on the changing characteristics of high school students taking the American College Testing Program examination (ACT), and on the declining ACT scores, from 1970 to 1975. A brief research review indicates that the observed declines are not merely a result of the tests themselves. The author suggests these…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
