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BENTZEN, MARY M. – 1965
THE HYPOTHESIS THAT RATINGS ON CONGENIALITY AS A COWORKER GIVEN TO TEACHERS WILL BE IN PART A FUNCTION OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL STATUS OF THE RATER WAS TESTED. A SECONDARY PROBLEM WAS TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT DOGMATIC SUBJECTS MORE THAN NONDOGMATIC SUBJECTS WOULD EXHIBIT COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR WHICH INDICATED (1) GREATER DISTINCTION BETWEEN POSITIVE…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, Personality Assessment
MERRIFIELD, P.R.; AND OTHERS – 1964
SEVENTH GRADE PUPILS IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA WERE INCLUDED IN A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIPS OF APTITUDE AND TRAIT MEASURES TO TEACHER RATINGS OF BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF CREATIVITY. ALL 443 CHILDREN HAD AN IQ OF 90 OR GREATER. EIGHT APTITUDE SCORES WERE USED AS MEASURES OF DIVERGENT THINKING IN SEMANTIC CONTENT. A SERIES OF TESTS WAS DEVISED TO…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Behavior Rating Scales, Creativity Research, Grade 7
Download full textCohen, Arthur M.; And Others – 1969
In an effort to identify characteristics that relate to student dropout, 259 entering freshmen at a large community college were studied with personality, ability, and demographic measures, and it was hypothesized that a group of highly efficient predictor variables would become evident. Instruments used were the Omnibus Personality Inventory…
Descriptors: Ability, Demography, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
Park, Young – 1971
The value systems of faculty at three junior colleges in California (each representing an urban, rural, or suburban character) are compared, and the institutional personality of each college is described in terms of the perceptions held by its instructors. The specific purposes of this study are to: (1) identify the values held by 238 staff…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Institutional Environment, Institutional Role, Moral Values
ELZEY, FREEMAN F.; LEVINE, SAMUEL – 1966
AN EVALUATION INSTRUMENT WAS DEVELOPED TO ASSESS THE PERSONAL-SOCIAL AND VOCATIONAL COMPETENCE OF DEPENDENT AND SEMIDEPENDENT MENTALLY RETARDED INDIVIDUALS IN A VOCATIONAL WORKSHOP SETTING. TWO PRETESTS WERE DEVELOPED, ADMINISTERED, EVALUATED, AND REFINED BEFORE THE FINAL FORM OF THE EVALUATION INSTRUMENT WAS CONSTRUCTED. FOLLOWING ANALYSES OF…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques, Moderate Mental Retardation
RAU, LUCY; AND OTHERS – 1964
THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS AMONG PARENTAL CHILD-REARING ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES ON CHILDREN'S ACHIEVEMENT BEHAVIORS WERE EXPLORED. APPROXIMATELY 104 SECOND-GRADE BOYS WERE SELECTED AS SUBJECTS. FOUR MEASURES WERE EMPLOYED TO ASSESS ACHIEVEMENT AND THREE METHODS USED TO MEASURE ACHIEVEMENT-RELATED PERSONALITY VARIABLES. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO THE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Family Relationship
Bachtold, Louise M. – J Educ Res, 1969
Paper based on a doctoral dissertation submitted to the University of the Pacific.
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, Comparative Testing, Factor Analysis
MORPHET, EDGAR L.; SCHUTZ, WILLIAM C. – 1961
THE PROBLEM OF ADMINISTRATOR SELECTION IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION WAS STUDIED. THE ISSUE WAS CONCEPTUALIZED AS ONE OF UNDERSTANDING THE INTERACTION OF THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR WITH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER SALIENT INDIVIDUALS. A THEORY OF ADMINISTRATIVE INTERACTION WAS DEVELOPED USING THE FUNDAMENTAL INTERPERSONAL…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Administrators, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Measurement
MACCOBY, ELEANOR E.; RAU, LUCY – 1962
THE RELATIONSHIP OF PATTERNS OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES AND PERSONALITY TRAITS WERE INVESTIGATED IN THIS STUDY OF 6 GROUPS OF CHILDREN (120) IN GRADE 5. SCORES ON THE PRIMARY MENTAL ABILITIES TEST, IOWA ACHIEVEMENT TEST, AND CALIFORNIA TEST OF MENTAL MATURITY WERE USED AS MEASURES OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES. (JK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Grade 5
Hall, Lincoln H. – 1968
Freshmen of lower and middle socioeconomic status identified by the W. Lloyd Warner Index of Status Characteristics were studied to determine: (1) differences in the motives, values, attitudes, goals, aspirations, self-concepts, and interests of these two groups; (2) if any of these factors distinguish between nonachievers (GPA below 2.0) of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, College Freshmen
