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Kavanagh, Harry B. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1980
An analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of these instruments indicates that their judicious use can help toward the upgrading of counseling effectiveness. In an addendum, the values needs of counselors and current research are discussed. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselors

Sakka-Paraskeva, Sophia – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1984
Research on testing, use of intelligence scales, and use of personality scales is a major part of educational psychological research in Greece. A great deal of research has also been done in Greece on the problem of evaluating current educational practice. (BW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Griffiths, Roger – 1991
Personality has largely been ignored or written off as a variable in second language learning. However, it should be considered as an alternative research perspective for four reasons: (1) the writing off of personality variables in second language research has been unjustified, and results from giving credibility to studies based on ill-conceived…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
Hunter, William J.; And Others – School Guidance Worker, 1985
Presents articles on test anxiety, personality tests, history of tests and benefits to be derived from their use, tests as tools in career decision-making, temperament needs for certain jobs (as determined by personality tests), interest inventories, testing exceptional students, and testing to evaluate vocational needs of special needs groups.…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Guidance, Decision Making, Disabilities
Valdes, Guadalupe; Figueroa, Richard A. – 1994
Issues in the testing of bilinguals are examined, particularly in the context of poor results attained on standardized tests by bilingual children. Discussion begins with an examination of definitions and classification of bilingualism, citing some evidence of confusion in use of terminology. Causes for this confusion are seen in popular…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Court Litigation