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Download full textBaker, Katherine D.; Snow, Richard E. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to explore the possibility that the relationships between students' aptitudes and achievements differ from teacher to teacher. If this were so, it would suggest that teacher effectiveness can not be described adequately by measures of average class achievement. The report demonstrates the use of univariate and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Student Reaction, Student Teacher Relationship
Peer reviewedSnow, Richard E. – American Psychologist, 1986
Individual differences among students pose a major challenge to American schools. In this article the literature in the following four categories of learning diversity is reviewed: (1) cognitive abilities; (2) achievement motivation; (3) interests; and (4) creativity. Knowledge about these categories should be used to develop educational programs.…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Creativity
Peer reviewedSnow, Richard E.; Lahman, David F. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
This article reviews progress toward the development of a cognitive theory of aptitude for learning and presents descriptive and precriptive goals for aptitude theories. Preliminary hypotheses about the nature of cognitive processes in aptitude for learning from instruction are reviewed. Twelve constituent points of the descriptive theory are…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Processes
Cronbach, Lee J.; Snow, Richard E. – 1969
This document focuses on how research which investigates the interaction between learning abilities and instructional treatments (Aptitude Treatment Interaction or ATI) should proceed. Previous research related to ATI is evaluated in the context of the ATI premise that characteristics of learners affect their attainment of educational goals…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Individualized Instruction, Interaction Process Analysis
Peer reviewedSnow, Richard E. – Educational Researcher, 1989
Reviews new conceptions of cognitive and conative aptitude, learning, development, and achievement and their assessment. Argues that different purposes for educational assessment require different levels and models of assessment. Strongly suggests research on construct validity and teacher understanding and use of assessment. (FMW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Cognitive Structures, Construct Validity
Snow, Richard E.; Salomon, Gavriel – 1968
Little is known about the teaching effectiveness of instructional media, particularly film and television. Accumulated research evidence applies to a generalized "average student," and thus to no one. There has been little concern for individual differences in interaction with instructional-media variables. The problem lies with the design of…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Academic Aptitude, Aptitude
