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Holve, Mary Brooke Hall – 1980
To determine how comprehension of the Kuder General Interest Survey (KGIS) was affected by alternate modes of inventory administration and reading levels of eighth grade students (as determined by the California Tests of Basic Skills vocabulary scores), 153 students were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups--standard administration,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Grade 8
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Carlson, Jerry S.; Jensen, C. Mark – Intelligence, 1982
Reaction time and movement time were negatively and moderately-to-strongly correlated with Ravens matrices performance and with reading comprehension and performance on the California Test of Basic Skills for 20 ninth-grade girls. Weaker relationships were found for mathematics and English grades, although the direction was consistently negative.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Correlation, Females
Garvey, Reba – 1980
The first of three project goals formulated for the Cleveland Public Schools was to improve the level of mastery of specified language and mathematics skills. The second, but primary, goal of this three-year endeavor was to develop, implement, and refine a replicable mastery-learning instructional model involving a staff team (English teacher/…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Grade 7