Using a commercially produced listening training program with a sample of 69 first-year postsecondary vocational students, researchers found that the program did not achieve sustained improvement in listening comprehension, interpretation, evaluation, and application. It was concluded that short, intensive training may not be adequate for this…

To determine whether differences exist in their listening ability, 152 blind braille-reading and 2 sighted children in the intermediate grades were studied. Subjects were classified into three ability levels on the basis of their scores on individual IQ tests. The Listening Subtest of the Sequential Tests of Educational Progress was administered…

This work is a further validation of the findings of an earlier study of the development of a listening test to identify educational potential of disadvantaged Negro junior high school boys. The present study also sought to determine if the experimental boy's listening test (BoLT) is applicable to other ethnic and income level groups. The Bolt, a…