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Download full textFlaitz, Jim – 1986
Today's tests of intelligence are largely unchanged over the past 70 to 80 years, despite substantial changes in the way intelligence is conceptualized. The history of intelligence testing reveals that much more has been done to perfect the measurement of traits that are static and immutable than has been done to make or keep intelligence tests…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Diagnostic Tests
Ohles, John F. – College Board Review, 1978
An experienced observer and educator maintains that some of the best minds in education and psychology were involved in the development and use of standardized tests, and that a rejection of standarized testing is also a rejection of the principles of learning and true measurement of educational progress. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Bias, Cognitive Measurement, Higher Education
Peer reviewedFrederiksen, Norman – American Psychologist, 1986
Argues that the typical psychometric model of human intelligence is limited because the database fails to take account of the many manifestations of intelligent behavior that are displayed in the world outside the testing room. Suggests that cognitive processes are influenced by test situation or setting and examiner's level of expertise. (PS)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Measurement, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests
Northrop, Lois C. – 1976
The complex nature of the psychological construct called judgment, the history of its identification as a mental ability, its measurement, and its relationship to other mental abilities are discussed. Factor analytic research which isolated the judgment factor is reviewed. The pervasiveness of the judgment factor throughout a number of diverse…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Decision Making Skills
Peer reviewedSternberg, Robert J. – Intelligence, 1991
Bad intelligence tests seem as inevitable as death and taxes. However, new theories of intelligence are resulting in some promising developments. Thirteen approaches to the measurement of intelligence are described, divided into the following categories: classical psychometric; developmental; culture-sensitive; cognitive; biological; and systems.…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, Cultural Awareness
Harris, Margaret L.; Tabachnick, B. Robert – 1971
This paper describes test development efforts for measuring achievement of selected concepts in social studies. It includes descriptive item and test statistics for the tests developed. Twelve items were developed for each of 30 concepts. Subject specialists categorized the concepts into three major areas: Geographic Region, Man and Society, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Concept Formation, Educational Research
