The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the various characteristics of successful and less successful students and to determine what effect these characteristics have on achievement in an individualized learning program. Variables considered were: (1) attitudes, (2) motivation, (3) understandings about science, (4) personality, (5)…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictive relationships which exist between eight selected prereading measures and three criterion measures of reading achievement at the end of grade one in each of six different approaches to beginning reading instruction. Two randomly selected samples of boys and girls were the subjects. The…

This study looked at Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) scores by race in relation to medical college status. It was found that promoted students differed significantly on all four MCAT subtests from those dismissed for academic difficulties and those repeating a year. For both black and white racial groups, the latter two status categories…

The validity of some theoretically-derived vocational diagnostic signs was examined to learn if a person's self-knowledge, occupational knowledge, and decision-making ability were predictable. Diverse samples of high school juniors (N = 1005), college juniors (N = 692), and employed adults (N = 140) were administered the Self-Directed Search (the…

The correction for attenuation formulas for partial, multiple, and canonical correlation coefficients are discussed and the effects of measurement errors on these statistics are explored. The notation is standardized and the derivation extended where appropriate. It is shown that as the reliabilities of the predictors become more disparate, the…

Three hundred and fifty-three Pittsburgh school children were randomly assigned to nine classes taught by the basal approach and nine classes taught by the integrated experience approach. Five readiness measures were administered at the beginning of the first grade, and the Stanford Achievement Test was given in May of first, second, and third…

This paper evaluates the effects of two distinct modes of feedback to students. These two modes comprise: (1) predicted final course grade, and (2) current standing in class. The experiment was conducted with a final year class of 56 students attending a required half-year course in Educational Measurement. The class was divided into four…

An investigation of how well the predictor variables of credit hours, student credit hours, contact hours, student contact hours, level of instruction, and academic rank correlate with faculty self-report measures of time-use for each class taught showed that only contact hours were a reliable measure of faculty effort as measured in time for a…

The Lorge-Thorndike Test of Cognitive Abilities (LTTCA), the Test of Auditory Perception (TAP), and the Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT), were administered to second grade students. Statistical analysis revealed performance on TAP subtests was significantly correlated with most MAT subtest scores, especially the phonically-oriented MAT Word…

Fifty-nine (23 Black and 36 White) prelingually deaf children (8-13 years old) were tested in order to compare the relative effectiveness of two measures used to predict school achievement of Black and White deaf students. (Author)

Two approaches to the validation of occupational interest inventories are considered. The approaches vary according to whether one is interested in predicting students' occupational preferences as opposed to assisting counselors in advisement. One empirical example using female college students is presented. (Author/JKS)

A set of Tests of Scientific Thinking were developed for possible use as criterion measures in research on creativity. Scores on the tests describe both quality and quantity of ideas produced in formulating hypotheses, evaluating proposals, solving methodological problems, and devising methods for measuring constructs. (Author/CTM)

Describes a procedure developed at the Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Texas, for selecting and evaluating personnel called AKS ME (Ability, Skill and Knowledge Merit Evaluation), consisting of four basic steps: job analysis, examination plan, candidate evaluation, and validation. (MF)

For a sample of seven and eight-year old Nigerian elementary pupils, validity coefficients of a modified matrix completion instrument entitled Modified Hall's Matrices, were determined relative to two achievement tests. The coefficients were quite high. (Author/JKS)

The hypothesis that the Zax Information Prifile (ZIP) would differentiate between help-seeking college students and non-help-seeking students was supported by the data. The potential use of the ZIP as a predictor of college adjustment and as a useful entrance screening device is discussed. (Author/EVH)