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Borland, James H. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1988
Cognitive controls were isolated through factor analysis with 59 intermediate-grade gifted students, and three cognitive styles were defined by cluster analysis. The cognitive style labeled "strict percept-strict concept" was associated with greater facility in divergent thinking. Study findings support explanations of giftedness through…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Divergent Thinking
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Harrison, Patti L.; Naglieri, Jack A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
Scores on Kaufman's (1977) McCarthy short form and the McCarthy Screening Test (1978) were obtained for first graders (N=53). As follow-up nine months later, the Metropolitan Achievement Test was administered. Results showed Kaufman's short form scores usually indicated a smaller number of false negatives than did McCarthy Screening Test scores.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Testing, Elementary Education
Mattoon, Joseph Sterling – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2005
Subject matter experts play an essential role in technical curriculum development by providing accurate and up-to-date information that matches education, training, and workforce needs. The Subject Matter Expert (SME) COMlist is proposed as a tool that enables instructional developers to evaluate an SME's capability and suitability to support…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Curriculum Development, Ability Identification, Specialists
FORD, ROXANA R.; HOYT, CYRIL J. – 1960
TECHNIQUES FOR BUILDING AN ADEQUATE PROFILE TO DESCRIBE TEACHER REQUIREMENTS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS NEEDED FOR SATISFACTORY HOMEMAKING INSTRUCTION WERE STUDIED. WHEN THE PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS OF A TEACHING POSITION WERE CONSIDERED IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A TEACHER CANDIDATE, EXPECTATIONS WERE…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Measurement, Evaluation Methods
King, F. J.; And Others. – 1969
This research report recounts the procedures, results, and recommendations of a research project in which more than 200 tenth-grade students in Florida were tested (1) to determine whether aptitude treatment interaction (ATI) effects on syntactic maturity and on knowledge of structural relationships occur after several months of instruction; (2)…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Aptitude Tests, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Measurement