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Slavin, Robert E.; Karweit, Nancy L. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1981
To determine whether cooperative learning methods could be used to replace traditional methods, the simultaneous use of three student team learning methods with fourth and fifth grade students was evaluated. This involved students working in teams to master academic materials. Positive outcomes resulted from intensive use of these methods.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development
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Dziuban, Charles D.; Mealor, David J. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Correlations among motor, visual, auditory, and language subscales of a primary device, Yellow Brick Road, with subsequent academic achievement on the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills were moderate (.35 to .81). Comparisons of third-grade boys and girls on the screening device yielded little difference. Implications for educational screening…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Correlation, Followup Studies
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Hoover, H. D. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1984
Grade equivalent (GE) scores for elementary school achievement tests are defended in response to efforts to ban their use. Equal interval developmental scoring methods for the Sequential Tests of Educational Progress and the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills are criticized. (BS)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Grade Equivalent Scores