The primary goal of this study was to develop an instrument for measuring students' attitudes toward geometry at both the middle-school and the high-school levels. Sample items were solicited from both professional educators and students; from these, 67 pairs of Likert-type statements were created. These statements were tested for…

The articles in this journal relate the conference experience at the 1972 Minnesota National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Seminar on Research in English Education. Articles include "The New Research" by Peter S Rosenbaum (discussing the influence of the seminar experience and how it can precipitate new research); "Research…

A study of informal, teacher-generated testing activities is presented. The following major topics are covered: (1) frequency of informal achievement testing as related to test learning (2) informal achievement test grades in relation to testing as a learning device, (3) test correction with respect to informal achievement testing as a learning…

The present paper outlines two alternative strategies for evaluating teaching effectiveness. These are: (1) within-subject reversal designs, and (2) multiple baseline testing procedures. Each design is discussed in terms of its application to research problems in higher education. In reversal designs, the student is exposed to different teaching…

The purpose of this study was to relate Piaget-type tests to Stanford-Binet Mental Age and IQ, to IQ on the California Test of Mental Maturity, and to performance on the Metropolitan Achievement Test. Subjects were 143 children of bright, average, and retarded psychometric abilities; bright and average children were chronologically aged five to…

It has been argued that item variance and test variance are not necessary characteristics for criterion-referenced tests, although they are necessary for norm-referenced tests. This position is in error because it considers sample statistics as the criteria for evaluating items and tests. Within a particular sample, an item or test may have no…

The objective was to improve procedures for selecting entrants with better potential for (a) completing the Coast Guard Academy and (b) remaining on active duty after graduation beyond the mandatory five-year period. Stepwise multiple regression was applied to the information on 10 instruments to develop equations for predicting graduation. Five…

This brief report summarizes progress to date in a continuing study, now in its sixth year, of Montessori education in Cincinnati. Follow-up tests of Montessori children are focusing on the relation of early performance to grade school achivement four years later. This study represents the first systematic attempt to compare long term effects of…

The development of a test to measure Locus of Control (IE) in preschool is described. The test is administered individually to a child, who is preferably alone. The set of 40 questions of which the test is comprised posit the occurrence of some reinforcement, and ask the child what the contingencies for the occurrence of the reinforcement are. The…

The major aim of this study was to determine whether black and white children, ages 8-11, would differ in intellectual performance as a function of the race of the examiner. Two additional subgoals were: (1) to see the effect which the race of the examiner would have on the various subtest scores of the WISC; and (2) to find out if test anxiety…

This study seeks to determine what differences in readiness existed in Louisville, Kentucky children who had been exposed to various combinations of Head Start, Follow-Through and regular kindergarten. All first grade children in Louisville were tested with the Metropolitan Readiness Test during the first month of first grade. Data was analyzed…

Discussed are the theoretical background and evaluation procedures of the Glenwood Awareness, Manipulation, and Posture Index Number One, an instrument for measuring the sensory-motor bases of behavior in the profoundly retarded. The authors maintain that, by using the processes of recognition, interaction, and mobility as criteria for the…

Teaching performance tests are measures which assess a teacher's ability to accomplish prespecified instructional objectives. Although possessing much face validity, little psychometric information is available about such assessment devices. Three separate studies were conducted to provide information about the validity, reliability,…

In view of the necessity for an evaluation instrument with a degree of objectivity for rating the Master of Arts oral examinations, a rating scale is described that requires little additional time on the part of the professor. The scale covers factors of depth and breadth of subject coverage, research, organization, and presentation. The ratings…

Determining the knowledge of students entering institutions of higher learning and testing the current progress of students have become difficult problems, and electronic computers are beginning to be used to help solve this problem in the U.S.S.R. This paper cites examples where computers have been used, ranging from processing information about…