The average Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Aptitude Test scores of test-takers who had their scores sent to 57 history and 60 chemistry departments in 1972-73 ("scores senders") are compared with the average Aptitude Test scores of first-year students who enrolled in these departments in the fall of 1973 ("enrolled…

A model for educational supervisors which attempts to link management theory to learning is demonstrated. With teachers today having greater autonomy in selecting appropriate content and methods, supervisors should focus on two tasks: they should become more involved with teachers in selecting goals and become more adept in monitoring the…

In order to determine the validity of using the Cooperative English Test (CET) for placement in remedial writing, Queensborough Community College initiated a study using the Holistic Reading Method to rate essays written by a random sample of 204 incoming freshman in fall 1973. Three regular English and three remedial English instructors were…

To determine the effects of planned career development activities on middle school children, 135 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students from predominantly black middle class families were divided into two groups (experimental and control) and pre-tested using the attitude scale and competency subtests (problem solving, planning, occupational…