In some research involving Asian Americans generalizability is questionable because the group under study is composed of persons from many cultural traditions. This study looked at 2,511 4th to 11th grade American students of Asian descent all of whom were members of one of the following Asian groups: (1) Chinese; (2) Filipino; (3) Japanese; (4)…

While many researchers have examined the effects of test anxiety on examination completion time and performance, most have not controlled for ability in their studies. In this study, it was hypothesized that, when ability was controlled, college students high in state anxiety would take significantly longer to complete an examination and would…

A total of 102 Spanish-speaking and 104 English-speaking preschool 4-year-old pupils were individually administered the Spanish and English versions of the Cooperative Preschool Inventory (CPI) to examine item responses for possible bias. Miminum logit chi-square regression was applied to each of the 30 items of the CPI verbal scale. Each of the…

This study investigated whether Koreans and Americans differ in proficiency in informal mathematics, if Korean children start off with an advantage in this area, and if their informal mathematics is different from that of Americans. The study also examined: possible cultural differences in the understanding of and performance in formal mathematics…

Spady's hypothesis that the extent of participation in high school extracurricular activities has a salutary effect on educational attainment statistically controlling on background socioeconomic statuses, academic ability and performance, is tested on 340 17-year-old males surveyed in 1957 and again in 1972. (Author/NQ)

Some basic concepts of the one-parameter logistic latent-trait model, or the Rasch model, are presented. This model assumes that the probability of a correct answer to an item is a function of two parameters, one representing the difficulty of the item and one representing the ability of the subject. The purpose of this paper is to explain a…

UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT TRAINING BOARDS MAY RECOMMEND THE FORM AND CONTENT OF TRAINING COURSES, THE LEVELS OF COMPETENCE TO BE REACHED BY TRAINEES, AND THE STANDARD OF TRAINING SUPERVISORS. TRAINING IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARDS, WHILE FURTHER EDUCATION REMAINS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EDUCATION MINISTERS AND THE LOCAL EDUCATION…

PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF AN IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK DEVICE ON LEARNING, RETENTION, AND ATTITUDES OF 264 COLLEGE STUDENTS IN A BEGINNING PSYCHOLOGY COURSE. LECTURES WERE PRESENTED ON CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION. A CONTROL GROUP USED THE DEVICE ONLY TO PREVENT COPYING OF THEIR ANSWERS BY OTHER STUDENTS. NO SIGNIFICANT…

THE THREE MAIN PURPOSES OF THIS RESEARCH IN PROBLEM-SOLVING WERE (1) TO EVALUATE GROUP PERFORMANCE VERSUS PERFORMANCE NORMS BASED ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE PROBLEM, (2) TO STUDY INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE, AND (3) TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT THAT A PARTICULAR EDUCATIONAL LEVEL HAS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE PROBLEMS. THE SUBJECTS USED CONSISTED OF A…

The need for objective evaluation of the social and emotional adjustment of elementary school children has become increasingly acute, yet few tools are available which can provide data on the epidemiology of psychopathology in the school-age child. The present study undertook to cross-validate a behavior checklist for boys, the Pittsburgh…

This study was designed to (1) analyze relationships between qualitative characteristics of ability in mathematics and success in a special interest-ability algebra program at the eighth grade level and (2) develop a rating scale for teachers to use in identification of students with high potential in mathematics. The "Iowa Test of Basic…

Based on the broader needs for long-term studies of the effects of instructional treatments, for behavioral objectives, and for learning hierarchies, this research investigated differences in the effect on learning and rate of forgetting when students are informed of the behavioral objectives and learning hierarchy. It was expected that students…

The study was designed to determine whether (1) creativity training using behavior modification techniques would produce significant gains in test scores of experimental over control subjects; (2) conditioned skills would generalize to a different problem operation--for which training was not given; and (3) training in fluency and flexibility…