Describes a study that compared advertising educator's judgments of students' creative talent with measures of each students' creative ability at two major universities and concludes that advertising educators are good judges of creative talent. (MB)

Examined the pattern of higher level versus lower level deficits in brain-impaired children compared with normal children. Higher level functions included general neuropsychological functioning and verbal/academic skills; lower level functions included sensory and motor skills. Showed the brain-impaired group to be significantly poorer in each…

The investigation examined changes that took place in aptitude and achievement discrepancies of 293 learning disabled subjects by means of retrospective examination of school records and application of a T-score discrepancy formula. Four subgroups with different patterns of aptitude-achievement discrepancy were identified. (DB)

The purpose of this study was to elucidate the psychological concomitants of discrepancies between fourth- to sixth-grade children's perceptions of academic competence and two measures of their competence (teacher ratings and achievement test scores). (PCB)

This paper is a preliminary report on a four-year project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council which studied the origins, implementation, and initial effects of England's Assisted Places Scheme. The Assisted Places Scheme is intended as a "scholarship ladder" for financially eligible and academically able students.…

Examined the relationships among global self-concept, self-concept of academic ability, and academic achievement of 211 10th-grade Black American adolescents. No significant relationship was found betwen global self-concept and academic achievement, although the relationship between self-concept of academic ability and academic achievement reached…

Declining academic credentials of law-school applicants, coupled with a significant drop in the number of applications, are forcing all but the most prestigious law schools to accept students they would have previously rejected. Figures collected by the Law School Admission Council/Law School Admission Services are analyzed. (MLW)

Examined some of the factors that affect the academic choices that students make and the consequences of those choices for later participation in science. Results (obtained from questionnaires completed by 302 students) show that women rated their science ability lower than men, although they performed better in high school science. (JN)

Graduate students from minority cultures were surveyed to assess their academic views of themselves and their perceptions of others' views of their academic ability. Overall, the students strongly support Student Affirmative Action (SAA), however, they believed SAA has been only marginally effective in helping minorities. (Author/BL)

This longitudinal panel study investigated the relationship between ability and achievement among elementary school children in Taiwan. Results are discussed in terms of theoretical and policy implications. (Author/MT)

Children possessing extremely high levels of mathematical or verbal ability tend, many times more than normal ability children, to be left-handed (2 times), nearsighted (4 times), and suffering from allergies (2 times). Studies at Johns Hopkins University indicate 80 percent of "precocious" 12-13 year olds have at least one of these…

The Revolving Door Identification Model was designed as a new approach to selecting students and organizing services for gifted and talented programs. Using test and nontest information, students are placed in a talent pool that exposes them to three types of enrichment activities. (DF)

Compared test results for new adult freshmen (N=73) with those of younger freshmen under age 25 (N=738). Among results reported are those indicating that neither group is "mathematically literate" and that, although adults may be at an initial disadvantage, the gap between their skills and their counterparts does not appear…

Tests of knowledge and skills will reflect new content and new technologies in response to dramatic changes in learning environments. Tests must begin to focus on the learning objectives rather than on the process that has led to the achievement of those objectives. (Author/MLW)

This experiment explored the effects of ability and effort attributional feedback given during subtraction competency development on third-grade children's perceived self-efficacy and achievement. Children given ability feedback demonstrated the highest subtraction skill and self-efficacy; the effort and ability plus effort conditions did not…