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The Validity of a Test for Improving Learning and Measuring Achievement when Administered Repeatedly
Peer reviewedStauffer, A. J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1973
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Pretesting, Pretests Posttests, Student Improvement
Apter, Michael J.; Boorer, David R. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1971
Descriptors: Educational Research, Performance Factors, Pretesting, Pretests Posttests
Hartley, J. – Visual Education, 1971
Descriptors: Educational Research, Performance Factors, Pretesting, Pretests Posttests
Peer reviewedBergan, Alene; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Grade 4, Individual Differences, Intelligence Tests, Performance Factors
Download full textBrainerd, Charles J. – 1974
This paper presents a study of the relationship between compensation and conservation in 80 children, ages 5-6. Findings are compared to those of an earlier experiment which was designed to determine whether or not prior knowledge of the compensation rule increases kindergarten children's susceptibility to conservation training experiences. It is…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept)
Juarez, Manuela; Raimondis, Nina Mendoza – 1974
The study examined whether the California Achievement Test (CAT) results would be affected if the test instructions were administered in the language the children best understood. In a pre-post-test sequence, 77 Mexican American second graders between the ages of 7 and 8 of a low socioeconomic background attending the same elementary school in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bilingual Students, English, Grade 2
Brennan, Robert L.; Stolurow, Lawrence M. – 1971
A replicable process for improving instruction through the consistent use of student data collected before, during, and after instruction is proposed. A rational analysis of different types of error rates (theoretical, base, posttest, instructional) and discrimination indices (base, posttest) leads to a set of rules for identifying test items and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Criterion Referenced Tests, Decision Making, Discriminant Analysis
System Development Corp., Santa Monica, CA. – 1972
The second of two reports on a national evaluation of the immediate effects of Project Head Start describes the characteristics of children, families and programs in samples of full-year classes operating in 1966-67 and 1967-68. No control groups were used; comparisons were made within the Head Start sample to see what kinds of classroom…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Affective Measures, Age Differences, Classroom Observation Techniques
System Development Corp., Santa Monica, CA. – 1972
The first of two reports of a national evaluation of the immediate effects of Project Head Start describes the characteristics of children, families and programs in samples of full-year classes operating in 1968-69. The study identifies changes associated with Head Start participation and the conditions under which these changes were greatest. No…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Affective Measures, Age Differences, Classroom Observation Techniques
