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Schilling, Guy Von – 1972
The study was designed to answer two questions: (1) What cognitive skills are emphasized by written test items constructed by eighth grade science teachers in the public schools of Louisiana? and (2) Are there differences of emphasis on the cognitive skills when comparisons are made among test questions from those teachers based on the following…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Educational Testing
Download full textSpearritt, Donald, Ed. – 1982
Educational and psychological measurement has been a main area of work for the Australian Council for Educational (ACER) since its inception. The theoretical and practical contributions of latent trait measurement and commentary on the relatively recent use of these models in Australia were the focus of a seminar celebrating the 50th anniversary…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Educational Research, Educational Testing
Wulff, Kenneth R. – 1976
An updated version of Taba's 1966 "Social Studies Inference Test" and "Application of Principles Test" for elementary students is studied. The original tests measured students' abilities to generalize and draw inferences from short paragraphs containing data relevant to social studies. The "Social Studies Inference…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, Data Analysis
Sigel, Irving E. – 1978
This paper provides a theoretical discussion of educational program evaluation. Psychometric theory and developmental psychology are compared as they pertain to the testing of children. The nature of change in childhood makes it necessary to examine the assumptions and goals related to the testing of children as a means of evaluating educational…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Measurement, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages
Rice, Berkeley – Psychology Today, 1979
New approaches to assessing intelligence are discussed, as well as new intelligence tests. Among the developments are investigating neurometrics, adapting testing to the effects of technology on children, countering cultural bias, assessing social intelligence, focusing on aspects of cognitive styles, measuring learning potential, and using…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
Ford, Donna Y. – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, 2004
With so many unanswered questions and controversies regarding intelligence, testing in general, and testing diverse students in particular, what can educators in gifted education do to ensure that these students have access to and are represented in gifted education programs and services? In this monograph, the author examines test bias by first…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Educational Research, Educational Testing, Standardized Tests
