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Seiler, Joseph – Manpower, 1970
Special instruction improved the test-taking skills of the culturally deprived and undereducated on employment tests and other commonly used screening devices. (CH)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Services, Remedial Instruction, Testing Problems
Peer reviewedJochems, Wim; And Others – Higher Education, 1996
A study of 170 foreign university students in the Netherlands shows that while their success rate was similar to native students', it took them more time to complete examinations, and language proficiency and home-country selection procedures were major factors in achievement. Implications for foreign student policy are explored, and a mentor…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Download full textFederal Trade Commission, Washington, DC. Bureau of Consumer Protection. – 1978
A non-experimental design was used to determine if scores of students enrolled in specified major coaching schools were significantly higher than scores of comparable uncoached groups. Score increases at two Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) coaching schools and Law School Admission Test (LSAT) schools were compared. Over 1,400 SAT examinees and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Entrance Examinations, Graduate Study, High Schools
Evans, Franklin R. – 1977
A special course was designed to aid undergraduate subjects in preparing for the Graduate Record Examination--Quantitative (GRE-Q). The course included a short one-session discussion (Anxiety Reduction Session) of the GRE and its uses, and four sessions devoted to specific instruction in the basic mathematics required for the test and strategies…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations, Cultural Differences
