The general topic of training needs related to achievement testing is addressed. Questions are raised about training as a means for educational improvement; needs specific to the achievement testing area are discussed; and a specific list of questions to be considered in planning training efforts is presented. It is concluded that using a thematic…

Guidelines developed specifically for cases in which objectively scored written tests are to be used are described. When objective cognitive tests are properly built and used, they can serve four educationally important functions. These tests provide the instructor information on what a student can and cannot do. The instructor needs this…

The effect of television on the performance of 20 learning disabled children (6-10 years old) was investigated. Television was employed as a means of presenting a formal diagnostic measure (the Visual Sequential Memory Subtest of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities). The subtest was administered via videotape by a fictional character…

Practical advice on frequently asked questions dealing with research and evaluation methodology is presented as rules of thumb, with citations to the author's sources. A statement in the literature is considered a rule of thumb if it meets one of the following criteria: (1) it is specifically called a rule of thumb; (2) it contains numbers in…

The possible effects of applying new assessment techniques to second language learning is dramatized by two contrasting scenarios. The first describes a high school Spanish class as we might find it today: the teaching is effective, but the best results are not being obtained. The second scenario is set in the year 1990. Here, applications of…

AN INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDE FOR THE TEACHING OF HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, EMPHASIZING EDUCATION BY EXPERIENCE IN ACTIVITY, WAS PRESENTED. THE GOALS WERE TO DEVELOP GOOD HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, GOOD SELF-REALIZATION, CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY. THE PROGRAM FOR BOYS, GRADES SEVEN THROUGH NINE, INCLUDED CALISTHENICS APPARATUS (SUCH AS…

IN IDENTIFYING THE GIFTED CHILD, THE TEACHER SHOULD BE ALERT AS TO WHETHER THE CHILD LEARNS EASILY AND RAPIDLY. OTHER FACTORS THAT CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY THE GIFTED ARE A LARGE AMOUNT OF ENERGY AND A LARGE VOCABULARY. ALSO IMPORTANT ARE THE CHILD'S UNUSUAL POWER OF OBSERVATION, INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY, UNUSAL POWER OF CONCENTRATION, AND CREATIVE…

A STUDY WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE ATTITUDES OF A SELECTED GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARD SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS COULD BE FAVORABLY CHANGED BY VIEWING 10 "HORIZONS OF SCIENCE" FILMS. AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 122 STUDENTS AND A CONTROL GROUP OF 138 STUDENTS WERE ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT. BOTH GROUPS WERE PRETESTED WITH…

The mother-child interaction procedure described in this manual was developed as one part of the evaluation measures for the Houston Parent-Child Development Center. The Maternal Interaction Structured Situation (MISS) involves the videotaping of a mother and her child involved in a variety of tasks. Using standardized instructions, the tester…

This article examines the development of new strategies for the measurement of intellectual competencies of the elderly. The author depicts his own view of the direction an analysis such as this might take, and presents a strategy which attempts to generate contextual criteria relevant to the assessment of competence in adulthood and old age.…

THIS WILL SERVE AS A GUIDE TO THOSE WHO UNDERTAKE THE ASSIGNMENT OF WRITING AN OCCUPATIONAL COMPETENCY TEST IN A SPECIALIZED FIELD, WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH A TEACHER EDUCATOR, FACULTY ADVISOR, OR OTHER QUALIFIED STAFF MEMBER. INFORMATION IS GIVEN ON THE PURPOSE AND NATURE OF OCCUPATIONAL COMPETENCY TESTS, TEST DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURES, TEST…