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Sternberg, Robert J.; Weil, Evelyn M. – 1979
An aptitude-strategy interaction in linear syllogistic reasoning was tested on 144 undergraduate and graduate students of both sexes. It was hypothesized that the efficiency of each of four alternative strategies--control, visual, algorithmic, and mixed--would depend upon the subjects' pattern of verbal and spatial abilities. Two tests of verbal…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Algorithms, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Ability
PDF pending restorationRoid, Gale; And Others – 1978
Several measurement theorists have convincingly argued that methods of writing test questions, particularly for criterion-referenced tests, should be based on operationally defined rules. This study was designed to examine and further refine a method for objectively generating multiple-choice questions for prose instructional materials. Important…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Criterion Referenced Tests, High Schools, Higher Education
