The effects of grade level, achievement level, and sex were studied in the examination of determinants of visual-motor coordination and visual-perceptual reasoning in elementary school children. (KW)

Study was designed to obtain cross-sectional data on the level of cognitive development of three age groups. (Author)

The British secondary school curriculum is so overloaded with specializations for preparing students to pass the college admissions examination that general education is in jeopardy. (IR)

Multiple discriminant function analysis is used to locate differences in inventoried interests among a selected engineering sample. This technique is an effective statistical procedure for discriminating among occupational groups where data similar to that analyzed in the article are available. (Author/CK)

Contains a solution for the multidimensional scaling of pairwise choice when individuals are represented as dimensional weights. The analysis supplies an exact least squares solution and estimates of group unscalability parameters. (DG)

The study compared students of CHEM study and traditional chemistry in achievement in chemistry and level of critical thinking. It also attempted to determine if there is interaction between program, mental ability and the variables of achievement in chemistry and critical thinking. (Author/MF)

The current methods of student evaluation are of doubtful value. An adequate substitute needs to be found. (CK)

The purpose of this study was to determine if four groups of engineering students differing in academic success and persistence could be discriminated on the basis of personality characteristics. Two personality dimensions discriminated: one dimension was described in terms of other-directed characteristics; the other in terms of self-directed…

Twenty-one educable mentally retarded subjects were administered the Revised ITPA twice, employing three month intervals. Six criterion instruments were also administered to explore concurrent validity. It was determined that the ITPA is a fairly stable instrument. Validity of the subtests examined was neither confirmed nor disproven. (Author)

In testing the Academic Achievement scale, no relationship was found to persistence or between entering first-year Academic Achievement scale scores and 4-year grade point average. Comparisons with a scholastic ability test were unfavorable, other results ambiguous, and caution seems indicated in using the scale. (Author)

Directions are provided for the construction of a reduced size Rod and Frame Test. Simpler and less expensive, the proposed apparatus has criterion validity parallel to that of the full-sized. (GS)