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Gomez, Mertie M.; Herron, Julie – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2021
This archival data study examined the relations between cognitive abilities and math reasoning for Hispanic English learner (EL) students in grades 1 through 5 with an identified learning disability. The 295 student participants were referred for an initial psycho-educational Spanish or English evaluation due to academic concerns by their school…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Spanish Speaking
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Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Wang, Ming-Te – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
Drawing on Eccles' expectancy-value model of achievement-related choices, we examined the personal aptitudes and motivational beliefs at 12th grade that move individuals toward or away from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations at age 29. In the first set of analyses, occupational and lifestyle values, math ability…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Grade 12, Gender Differences, High School Students
Moyer, John Thayer – Online Submission, 2011
This revised 1997 ex post facto study attempted to identify a lifelong adaptability curriculum from a cultural literacy perspective. It investigated students' lifelong adaptability ratings of 15 general school subjects as predicted by family structure, parental age, parental educational level, student cultural literacy, and student gender;…
Descriptors: Home Economics, Suburban Schools, Intelligence, Physical Education
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Hartley, Alan A.; Hartley, Joellen T. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1976
A predictive equation for estimating performance in a basic course in methods of psychological research from scores on the Differential Aptitude Test reasoning scales and on the Davis Reading Test, from measures of attitudes toward issues in psychology, and from self-ratings of abilities and of expected course grades is developed. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, College Students, Grade Prediction, Higher Education
Anderson, Ruth – 1971
This study was undertaken to determine the validity of the Differential Aptitude Test (DAT) in general, the differential validity of each score of the DAT, and the effectiveness of high school rank (HSR) as a measure of past performance for predicting success in vocational programs in health careers. Data obtained for a sample of 127 students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Grades (Scholastic), Masters Theses
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Sherman, Julia A. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1980
Eighth-grade scores for 140 females and 115 males on three cognitive tests and the Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Attitudes Scales were used to predict mathematics grades 1-3 years later. In addition to mathematics achievement, significant relationships were confirmed for spatial visualization and confidence in learning mathematics. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Females, Grade Prediction, Males
Kettner, Norman – 1976
Test performance of high school students on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), and the Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT) was compared. The design of the study provided for information on test intercorrelations, prediction equations for the ASVAB tests from the commercial tests and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Analysis, Equated Scores