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Dawley, Harold H., Jr.; Wenrich, W. W. – Psychological Reports, 1973
Designed to study implosive therapy with groups, this use of a behavioristic technique, which reduces unadaptive anxiety by emphasizing the presentation of the highly anxiety-evoking stimulus until the stimulus is no longer able to evoke anxiety, failed to produce a significant difference between control and therapy groups. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, Conditioning, Control Groups
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Feuerman, Martin; Weiss, Harvey – Management Science, 1973
A model is presented for test construction and scoring that utilizes the knapsack model of mathematical programing. The method applies to examinations of the type in which a choice exists in the number of questions the examinee is required to answer. The method has been utilized with respect to a mathematics examination, and computer-generated…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Mathematics, Models, Scoring
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Newcomer, Phyllis; Hammill, Donald – Exceptional Children, 1973
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Neurological Impairments, Testing Problems
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Doll, Paddy A.; And Others – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Emotional Response, Racial Factors
Bolton, Brian – Journal of Rehabilitation of the Deaf, 1971
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Exceptional Child Services, Hearing Impairments, Test Validity
Mostofsky, David; And Others – Rehabilitation Literature, 1971
Summarized are several nonverbal assessment techniques for aphasics. Two experiments concern speech perception (the scaling of speech and the relationship between aphasic's performance and level of auditory impairment) and one concerns the impact of aphasia on one's affective or attitudinal response to a symbol (connotative meaning). (KW)
Descriptors: Aphasia, Auditory Perception, Language Handicaps, Learning Disabilities
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Porch, Bruce E. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1971
Descriptors: Aphasia, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Learning Disabilities
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Cureton, Edward E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1971
A derivation of a formula for the stability coefficient is presented and discussed in terms of test reliability over time. (PR)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Raw Scores, Statistical Analysis, Test Reliability
Coates, Charles R. – Balance Sheet, 1970
Cautions are listed following an examination of the difficulties inherent in the teacher's task of student evaluation and distribution of grades on specific testing devices. (JS)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Evaluation Methods, Grading, Objectives
Bliesmer, Emery P. – J Reading Behav, 1970
Reviews various problems which create problems in research design for the classroom and advocates a divorce between research and evaluation. Bibliography. (MB)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Practices, Evaluation, Research Design
Hodgson, William R. – J Sch Health, 1969
Descriptors: Audiometric Tests, Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Hearing Impairments
Hansen, Henry R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Comparative Education, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
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Goebel, Ronald A. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Studied whether neurologically unimpaired individuals can fake believable deficits on the Halstead-Reitan neuropsychological test battery. Results supported the belief that nonimpaired individuals of at least average IQ cannot alter their performances to appear significantly brain-impaired. (WAS)
Descriptors: Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Neurological Impairments
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Terrell, Francis; Terrell, Sandra L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Examined the effects of race of examiner and level of mistrust of Whites on the Stanford-Binet performance of 105 Black elementary school children. The Black examiner-high mistrust group scored significantly higher than the White examiner-high mistrust group, and significantly higher than the Black examiner-low mistrust group. (WAS)
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Students, Examiners, Experimenter Characteristics
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Tallmadge, G. Kasten – Evaluation Review, 1982
Correction for guessing does not fulfill its intended function when test takers who have nothing to gain from scoring will respond randomly when they could have answered correctly had they tried. Raw scores underestimate abilities. If random guessing is more prevalent in the control group, correction for guessing inflates treatment effects.…
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Research Methodology, Research Problems, Responses
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