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Peer reviewedFleishman, Edwin A. – American Psychologist, 1975
Discusses briefly some general problems in the development of taxonomic systems applicable to descriptions of human performance and tasks, describing some alternative approaches and provisional classification schemes, and reviewing some attempts to evaluate the utility and validity of these systems. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Classification, Difficulty Level, Factor Analysis, Performance Criteria
Download full textHooper, Frank H.; And Others – 1974
A series of Piagetian concrete operations period tasks dealing with classificatory concepts was administered to 280 children (40 subjects from each of seven levels--preschool, kindergarten, and first, second, third, fourth, and sixth grades). Significant main effects for age were found for all the tasks. Few significant sex differences were…
Descriptors: Children, Classification, Cognitive Ability, Concept Formation
Anderson, Lorin W.
The importance of appropriate task relevant behaviors as a necessary condition for school learning has long been noted. This paper suggests a multiple measure of one set of student classroom behaviors, presents a brief theoretical basis for the measure, provides some empirical support for the use of the measure, and indicates some educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention Control, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
Vaughn, Janet L. – 1972
The pricing of household work can be based on standardized times established for component parts of the job. Techniques for determining these standardized times and the component parts were developed in a study conducted at Purdue University and supported by a federal grant. After a preliminary survey of homemaker practices in cleaning living…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Consumer Economics, Consumer Science, Homemaking Skills
1974
The military utilizes tests extensively and should be aware of current testing problems. A conference composed of members from the business, educational, and military communities, both foreign and domestic, was held and these major issues addressed: (1) The Development of Training Requirements; (2) Personnel Assignment Using Interest Inventories;…
Descriptors: Computers, Interest Inventories, Measurement Techniques, Military Personnel
Campbell, Joel T.; And Others – 1973
The fairness of testing practices for selection or promotion of members of different racial and ethnic groups has been questioned. In this study, a search was made of occupations in the Federal Government to find those in various agencies with sufficient ethnic group representation for acceptable sample size, and for which dependable and objective…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Aptitude Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Data Analysis
Swinton, Spencer S.; And Others – 1977
The longitudinal interrelations among age, visual and auditory short-term memory, and the concrete operational tasks of class inclusion and combinatorial reasoning were investigated over four testing occasions in a sample of 134 students, initially ranging from 5 to 12 years in age. The Piagetian task battery involved placement of colored…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
