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Self-Report in Functional Assessment of Low Vision.
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Szlyk, J. P.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
This study assesses the validity of an interview questionnaire designed to predict performance by low-vision adults (N=41) on tasks of finding, detecting, scanning, and tracking. Subjects' ratings of difficulty with these tasks were compared to ratings of trained professionals. Results indicate self-report may be of some value in predicting…
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Methods, Interviews, Partial Vision
Measuring Spatial Ability with a Computer Managed Task.
McDaniel, Ernest; And Others – 1985
This study presents data augmenting the validity studies of the Wheatley Cube (McDaniel and Kroll, 1984), a computer managed test of spatial visualization. Twenty-one students in pilot training are administered several instruments designed to measure the ability to construct a cognitive three-dimensional space, including: (1) the Wheatley Cube,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Flight Training
Modality Preference and Word Learning: The Predictive Ability of the Swassing-Barbe Modality Index and the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities.
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Kampwirth, Thomas J.; MacKenzie, Karen – Educational Research Quarterly, 1989
The relationship between modality styles and reading achievement was studied for 51 first graders given 2 subtests of the Swassing-Barbe Modality Index, 2 subtests of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, and 2 tests of nonsense words. There was no significant interaction between modality preference and reading achievement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cognitive Style, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students
The Predictive Validity of the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration under Group and Individual Modes of Administration Relative to Academic Performance Measures of Second-Grade Pupils without Identifiable Major Learning Disabilities.
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Curtis, Connie June; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1979
The score distributions of the two methods of administration described in the title revealed comparable means, standard deviations, and general shape of distribution. With respect to validity coefficients, no appreciable differences were found. (JKS)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Educational Testing, Eye Hand Coordination, Grade 2