Results suggest, first, that the test anxiety scale, both the worry and the emotionality components, is stable over at least a ten week period and, secondly, that this stability is not disrupted by the situational input of variations and examinations stress. (Author)

Developed by the National Consortia for Bilingual Education, this list of tests representing 72 Title VII projects includes commercially published tests, tests developed by the projects themselves, and tests designed by other entities such as educational laboratories, school districts, and state agencies. Each test is described in terms of the…

Supported was the hypothesis that retardates classified as better workers can be significatly different from those classified as poor workers in the scale ratings provided by their supervisors. (Author)

The Instrument for Analysis of Science Teaching (IAST) was developed as a 26-category system of interaction analysis. Following conceptualization and several research studies, the IAST was redeveloped with 14 basic categories (IAST Base) and an expanded 32-categories version (LAST v.2) which is based on subdividing the IAST Base categories. In…

Compiled in this book is basic, technical information useful in a systems approach to pollution control. Descriptions and specifications are given of what is available in ready made, on-the-line commercial equipment for sampling, monitoring, measuring and continuously analyzing the multitudinous types of pollutants found in the air, water, soil,…

The present form of the GTOI is presented. The authors believe it has considerable potential as a set of guidelines for investigation of group outcome, as a systematic framework for reviewing the adequacy of published research, and as a tool for training students in the intricacies of research methodology. (Author)

This manual describes the scoring procedures for the Greenberger-Entwisle Need-Achievement Pictures. This instrument was developed (1) to provide a set of pictures suitable for a wide age range of subjects, (2) to increase the comparability of findings, and (3) to increase the reliability of measurement. General instructions for scoring the…

Results of comparing CAAS with other attitude scales suggests that CAAS may be valid for assessing affective attitudes. Statistical data tables included. (Author)

Concern is raised about the wording of the Counselor Education Program Innovation Index items and about the response format. The influence of perceived item ambiguity andresponse format bias upon the results of the inventory are noted. A suggestion is made for ACES sponsorship of research descriptive of what counselor educators do and with what…

This is a report of the first phase of a three-phase project to determine the extent to which values of parents, pupils, and teachers are congruent and to determine relationships across ethnic, socioeconomic, occupational, and related variables. The purpose of Phase 1 was to conceptualize the values domain, preliminary to instrumentation and…

The role analytical instrumentation performs in the surveillance and control of the quality of water resources is reviewed. Commonly performed analyses may range from simple tests for physical parameters to more highly sophisticated radiological or spectrophotometric methods. This publication explores many of these types of water quality analyses…