This paper demonstrates the application of common statistical methods to evaluate the dimensionality, reliability, generalizability, and potential biasing factors of the student assessment of instruction (SAI) instrument used at Florida Atlantic University. Findings indicated: (1) factor analysis uncovered just two factors, one describing…

In a problem-based curriculum, emphasis is placed on the groups in which students learn to analyze problems and to contribute to the solution of a problem. This paper describes an instrument that aims to measure individual group performing and presents some psychometric results. Reliability and validity were studied with 240 students in groups of…

The purpose of this study was to investigate, both empirically and theoretically, the manner in which human Ss (might) learn to estimate relative frequencies of nine different outcomes of an uncertain event on the basis of a random sequence of event occurences. (Author)

Discusses the nature-nurture controversy as a manifestation of the underlying assumptions of American education. Suggests these assumptions are neither desirable nor necessary for our society and educational system. (ST)

Study is part of an ongoing research program whose cumulatime aim is to generate empirically validated hierarchical curriculum sequences in several basic skill areas appropriate to an early learning curriculum. (Author)

Paper is concerned with the hypothesis that two variables have a perfect disattenuated correlation, hence measure the same trait except for errors of measurement. (Author/RK)

Discusses problem of criterion determination in elementary classroom, some problems relating to measurement of classroom climate on unitary "prediction criterion combinations, and a new method for integrating multiple criteria via computer analysis. Sample computerized reports included. (Author)

Americans must devise ways to achieve some better educational goal in which each student's maximal development is reached and no one is excluded from getting a higher education. (IR)

Reprints from: J.W. Giebink, Psycho-Educational Clinic, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706.

An extension is described of Marcia's (1966) Identity Status Interview into three interpersonal domains: friendship, dating, and sex roles. Justification for the new sections is provided on the basis of theory and research on sex differences in adolescent identity. Methodological refinements in the interview are presented. (Author/PN)

This review, with profiles of 51 available writing/language usage tests from most major test publishing companies, provides technical information on the tests, the evolution of test characteristics, the tests' role as writing samples, and issues in psychometric quality. Published objective writing tests are changing in important and positive ways.…

Factor analyzed the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) across nine age groups in the standardization sample. When three- and four-factor analyses were performed, the familiar three-factor structure (Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Organization, and Freedom From Distractibility) was clearly visible. (Author/JAC)

Examined the factor structure of the Counselor Rating Form (CRF). Real clients (N=110) completed the CRF at the conclusion of counseling. The results suggest the existence of only one major factor underlying clients' perceptions of counselors. The one-factor model performed as well as the three-factor model. (Author/JAC)

Data are presented to support the reliability, validity, and utility of a procedure to assess the severity of a phonological disorder. The severity metric, the percentage of consonants correct (PCC), is readily derived from a continuous speech sample. PCC values index four levels of severity of involvement: mild, mild-moderate, moderate-severe,…