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Download full textGriffith, Douglas; Actkinson, Tomme R. – 1978
This study was the first in a series of investigations designed to examine techniques purporting to enhance the effectiveness of human memory. The utility of a simple pegword mnemonic for Army enlisted personnel, representing three levels of general technical ability, was examined. Half of each ability group was instructed in use of a rhyme…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Enlisted Personnel
Jensen, Arthur R.; Marisi, Daniel Q. – 1979
The contribution of heredity to scores on a digit span intelligence test, Jensen's Memory for Numbers, was estimated with a standard heritability formula. The test measures level I mental ability--the capacity to store and recall, but not ability to elaborate or manipulate stimuli. Subjects were 35 monozygotic (MZ) twins and 35 same-sex dizygotic…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Environmental Influences, Genetics, Height
Bergquist, Constance C. – 1979
A framework is presented that relates concepts of audit reliability to the uses of information gathered from a discrepancy program audit of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title IV-C programs in Florida. Three issues are addressed: (1) the meaning of reliability in relation to the audit process; (2) the importance of reliability of auditor…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Federal Aid
Stern, David; Anton, Kristin – 1979
The participation in and performance on the California High School Proficiency Examination (CHSPE), a state-mandated test designed to measure the attainment of cognitive requirements for early high school graduation, were analyzed. Objectives of the study were to identify the characteristics of high schools which had a large proportion of students…
Descriptors: Equivalency Tests, High School Graduates, High Schools, Institutional Characteristics
Bourque, Lorraine Y.; Boss, Marvin – 1979
A rating scale was developed that could be used to test Raynor's construct of perceived instrumentality--that the perceived importance of a particular achievement (such as a good grade) to the student's future (career) influences the student's efforts to achieve the goal. The scale was developed to study the perceived importance of learning French…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Foreign Countries, French, High Schools
Bayne, G. Keith; Caton, Hilda – 1979
A project was conducted to (1) identify teacher competencies needed for mainstreaming handicapped students into regular vocational programs and (2) identify, modify, and/or develop strategies for developing vocational teacher competencies needed for mainstreaming. Based on a review of the literature, 123 competency statements were selected and…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Teacher Education, Handicapped Children, Handicapped Students
Brooks, Loren E.; And Others – 1978
In an attempt to replicate and extend previous research, the Community Oriented Programs Environment Scale (COPES) was administered over a two-year period to youths residing at Boys Town. Each administration provided further replication for the previous one. The youths lived in "family-style" homes with Family-Teachers. The results of…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences, Foster Homes
Thornburg, Hershel D. – 1979
Attitudes females have toward women's roles and working mothers are examined. Data collected from juniors and senior college students in education reveal the following: college females continue to hold traditional views of women, and a need exists to increase the perception among adolescent females of changing sex roles and opportunities in…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Career Choice, College Students
Figgures, Cleo – 1978
This report discusses the views of early childhood supervisory and instructional staff regarding staff development activities across 11 Early Childhood Education Programs in Philadelphia. A comprehensive staff development questionnaire was completed by supervisory personnel, teachers, assistant teachers and aides in the Spring of 1978. Cumulative…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Annual Reports, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Johnson, Dale D.; And Others – 1978
Three paradigms for assessing children's vocabulary knowledge were evaluated in this study: synonym, synonym in context, and cloze. The vocabulary tests, a paper-and-pencil adaptation of the on-line tests used in two previous studies, were administered to 830 second through seventh grade students. Subjects performed similarly on the three formats…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, Educational Testing, Elementary Education
Nacoste, Rupert W.; Scott, Richard R. – 1979
After a critical review of research which deals with various aspects of aspirations, expectations and educational attainment, this study attempts to determine the social psychological antecedents of black educational levels of aspiration. The study is based upon data colledted from black sophomore students at a large, predominantly white…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Students, College Students, Cultural Background
Alexander, Dorothy L. – 1979
This study is concerned with the lack of black parental involvement in a desegregated Dallas elementary school district. Data from questionnaires sent to a sampling of black parents in the school district suggest that blacks residing in desegregated neighborhoods generally maintain a low profile in the affairs of their local schools in order to…
Descriptors: Blacks, Board of Education Policy, Conference Reports, Elementary Secondary Education
HAYDEN, HILARY – 1968
LATIN TEACHERS AND LANGUAGE SUPERVISORS IN CHICAGO, DETROIT, CLEVELAND, PHILADELPHIA, AND NEW YORK VISITED FIVE 6TH AND 7TH GRADE CLASSES IN FIVE DIFFERENT WASHINGTON, D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND PARTICIPATED IN DISCUSSIONS AFTERWARDS WITH LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS, CURRICULUM WRITERS, AND TEACHERS. THE CLASSROOMS VISITED WERE INVOLVED IN EXPERIMENTAL…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 6, Grade 7
ELSASS, RAY – 1968
A VISIT TO 200 FRENCH SCHOOLS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH MANY STUDENTS AND SOME 500 TEACHERS SERVED AS THE BASIS OF THIS REVIEW OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF FRENCH SECONDARY EDUCATION. COMMENTARIES AND EXAMPLES ARE GIVEN OF HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS, REPORT CARDS, AND STUDENT AND TEACHER SCHEDULES. THE THREE "CHANNELS" OF STUDY OPEN TO STUDENTS AT…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Testing, English (Second Language), Graduation Requirements
Inter-Union Commission on the Teaching of Science, Paris (France). – 1965
REPORTED ARE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CONGRESS ORGANIZED BY THE INTER-UNION COMMISSION ON SCIENCE TEACHING (CEIS) OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC UNIONS (ICSU). STUDIED WERE PROBLEMS ARISING IN SEVERAL BRANCHES OF KNOWLEDGE DUE TO BOTH INCREASED NUMBERS OF STUDENTS AND SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST WERE THE PROBLEMS OF…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Conference Reports, Curriculum
