Suggests that essay tests can be used as a means of determining whether a student actually comprehends the meaning of objective test items. Examples of questions and model answers are given. Results of the use of such a test are reported. (Author/EB)

Advocates the study of poetry in FL classes and suggests methods by which students could be tested on poetry. (KM)

The assumption that examinees either know the answer to a test item or else guess at random is usually totally implausible. A different assumption is outlined, under which formula scoring is found to be clearly superior to number right scoring. (Author)

How information is represented in visual images was explored in five experiments where subjects judged whether or not various properties were appropriate for given animals. The results support a constructivist notion of imagery, and the idea that images may act as analogues to percepts. (Author/DEP)

Tests the relations between the concepts of time and space and mechanisms of structural elaboration in young children's cognitive development. (Author/DEP)

Explores the differences among the traditional single-equation prediction model of test bias, the Cleary and the Thorndike model in a situation involving typical educational variables with young female and male children. (Author/DEP)

Discussed are the purposes of testing, the construction of different types of test items, grading, and statistical analysis of test scores. (JP)

The effect of preference for content of printed material and preference for study methods on comprehension was evaluated using 8th, 9th and 10th grade students. (Author/DEP)

Tests whether third grade school achievement can be enhanced by training children to conserve 1 or 2 years prior to the time they would be expected to spontaneously conserve substances. (Author/DEP)

Research performed pursuant to a U.S. Office of Education contract, OEC-5-10-154.

Supported in part by the Social and Rehabilitation Service, DHEW, under the designation of New York University as a Rehabilitation Research and Training Center.