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Peer reviewedSlate, John R.; Jones, Craig H. – Psychology in the Schools, 1990
Investigated specific problem caused by traditional method of teaching students to administer Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised. Analysis of 180 protocols by 26 graduate students revealed average of 8.8 mistakes per protocol. When errors were corrected, 81 percent of Full Scale intelligence quotients were changed. Students' performance…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Examiners, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSlate, John R.; Jones, Craig H. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1990
Investigated most frequent types of examiner errors made by graduate students (n=26) in administering Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and examined on which items these mistakes were most likely to occur. Findings identified deficiencies in traditional methods of teaching students how to administer the WISC-R. Students…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Examiners, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedStewart, Krista J. – Psychology in the Schools, 1987
Evaluated the technical aspects of three Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) administrations of five psychology graduate students using the WISC-R Administration Observational Checklist (WAOC) to evaluate interrater agreement. Students performed significantly better on the second than on the first observation, with…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Error Patterns, Examiners, Graduate Students
Blackburn, Katie – 1984
Nearly 48 percent of the students in Developmental Studies Mathematics courses at a major southern university during the fall of 1983 had taken college preparatory mathematics courses in high school. Some had even taken trigonometry, pre-calculus, or calculus. Yet, they were placed in university developmental studies mathematics courses because…
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Research
Download full textInaba, Midori – MITA Working Papers in Psycholinguistics, 1993
This study argues that positive second-language (L2) data do not necessarily rule out inappropriate L2 grammar. Rather, L2 learners appear to postulate first-language (L1) grammar as an interim theory about the L2, at least in the initial stages of L2 acquisition. The case where L2 grammar intersects L1 concerning time adverbial clauses was chosen…
Descriptors: College Students, English, Error Patterns, Foreign Countries
TEAM, 1984
The four 1984 quarterly numbers of the journal include feature articles, techniques for teaching English as a second language (ESL), research summaries, and book reviews. The feature articles include: "The English Language Center at King Faisal University"; "English Language Training at ARAMCO"; "AlBank AlSaudi AlHollandi's Practical English…
Descriptors: Arabs, Book Reviews, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Hamp-Lyons, Liz, Ed. – 1991
The articles contained in this volume on second language writing evaluation focus on the evaluation of academic English learned as a second language (ESL). Essays include: "Assessment by Misconception: Cultural Influences and Intellectual Traditions" (Brigid Ballard, John Clanchy); "Reading the World Differently: A Cross-Cultural Approach to…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language)
Malave, Lilliam M., Ed. – 1988
Papers in this volume include the following: "The Theoretical Framework of Jim Cummins: A Review and Critique"; "The Development of Bilingual Behavior"; "Effective Schools Research and Language Instruction Programs"; "Reading and Writing Instruction in Three Bilingual Education Programs in Connecticut";…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Cultural Context
