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Download full textHalpin, Gerald; And Others – 1984
The effects of a test coaching program, "Scoring High on the California Achievement Test," were investigated with a sample of 876 students in grades 1, 2, 4, and 5. Multivariate analyses of variance were used to determine the effects of the program, grade level, sex, and race. Significant differences in favor of the Scoring High program…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Cost Estimates, Elementary Education
Gastright, Joseph F. – 1983
This study tested the hypthesis that the reading gains of compensatory education pupils in grades one and four exposed to intensive test wiseness instruction would not differ significantly from the reading gains in a randomly assigned control group. Schools offering ESEA Title I classes (N=48) were randomly assigned to the treatment and control…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Intentional Learning
Powers, Stephen – 1982
Testwiseness (TW) and its effect on the reading comprehension scores in four ethnic populations (Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Anglo) from the Tucson Unified School District were investigated. Inservice-trained teachers presented seven classroom TW teaching and practicing sessions of 15 minutes each to students in grades 3, 5, and 7.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Black Students, Elementary Education, Ethnic Groups
