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Direct linkFreeman, Amy Louise – ProQuest LLC, 2009
A primary gateway to a career in engineering is the attainment of the bachelor of science degree in engineering. In contrast, a common barrier to becoming an engineer is failure to attain the degree. Those variables that are related to college graduation are often in place prior to college admission. The purpose of this study was to examine the…
Descriptors: Engineering, Technical Occupations, Bachelors Degrees, Educational Attainment
Sie, Maureen A.; Johnson, Geoffrey – 1978
Eighty three applicants for empployment in a hardware supply manufacturing company participated in a study of the effects of anxiety, praise and the awareness of time remaining on employment testing. Two control groups and three testing groups--praise, time, and praise and time--were administered the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), a…
Descriptors: Adults, Anxiety, Aptitude Tests, Job Applicants
PDF pending restorationSkehan, Peter – 1986
A British longitudinal study of language acquisition was followed up for further information on the relationship between language acquisition, language aptitude, and second language learning. One of the original cohorts (n=23), now in secondary school, was originally studied for native language learning achievement and was now being studied for…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition
Download full textParry, Thomas S., Ed.; Stansfield, Charles W., Ed. – 1990
Six of 11 papers presented at a symposium on language aptitude testing are included in this document. "Cognitive Abilities in Foreign Language Aptitude: Then and Now" (John B. Carroll) reconsiders language aptitude testing 30 years after publication of the Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT). "Preliminary Investigation of the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Aptitude Tests, Case Studies, Cognitive Ability
Ruch, William W. – 1972
Statistical, legal and moral problems involved in following the EEOC guidelines are described. The guidelines require separate data for minority and non-minority groups with differential cut off scores for aptitude tests which have a racial bias. Problems reviewed include: identification of racial bias in tests is difficult; giving one race an…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Civil Rights, Decision Making, Employment Problems
Fincher, Cameron – 1983
A study examined the predictive efficiency of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for adult learners in the University System of Georgia (USGA). Also investigated during the study were the effects of variables such as age, sex, and race on the performance of adult learners on the SAT and in college and the relative academic performance of adult…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations
