The need to address social and economic changes has focused greater attention on our public education system and the need to better equip students with the skills needed for a global society. This quantitative study was grounded in the principles of the constructivist learning theory. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the added…

The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between foreign language learning and verbal ability in English as measured by the verbal section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Reasoning Test. Comparing foreign language students to nonforeign language students in this study, the effect of taking a foreign language on SAT verbal…

IN FALL 1960, THE PRELIMINARY SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST (PSAT) WAS ADMINISTERED TO A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF 9,745 SENIORS IN 147 HIGH SCHOOLS, AND A SUBSAMPLE OF 2,423 WERE SELECTED FOR FOLLOW-UP. STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF DATA FOR THE SUBSAMPLE INDICATED THAT, OF THE ORIGINAL GROUP, (1) 36 PERCENT WENT TO COLLEGE, WITH ABOUT 19 PERCENT OF THESE…

A sample of 31 male and 31 female seniors participated in a study designed to correlate critical thinking achievement and scholastic aptitude. The subjects completed the "Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal" (WGCTA), and these scores were correlated with the subjects' scores for the "Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test"…

A study examined the general achievement and aptitude of prospective teachers at the University of Minnesota's College of Education. Test scores were examined over time, against majors in other professional schools in the same institution, as well as across different education majors. The specific variables investigated included subtests of the…