Four problems of data summary and analysis in the Concept Attainment Abilities Project are discussed. The problems are: (1) scoring and item analysis for items that exist in a completely crossed design; (2) determining the factorial structure of such item sets; (3) reducing the battery of 56 cognitive abilities tests administered in 1970 to…

Concurrent validity of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities for 60 kindergartners was investigated, using the WPPSI and Columbia Mental Maturity Scale. Although correlations were of acceptable magnitude, the General Cognitive Index of the MSCA was significantly lower than major scores obtained on the other two tests. (Author)

To evaluate the construct validity of J. Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFF), both the latency and error scores of 30 9- to 15-year-old normal and "acting-out" behavior-disordered children were compared. (Author/SBH)

A questionnaire given to high school students revealed that there is a wide difference between males and females and between caucasians and ethnic groups of knowledge and understanding of birth defects, conception, and childbearing. (JD)

The "Issues in Disability Scale" is a new instrument developed to measure both the cognitive and affective components of attitudes toward the physically disabled. The method by which the instrument was constructed is presented, along with preliminary data supporting both the reliability and validity of the scale. (Author/DB)

Applied Schmidt-Hunter interactive validity generalization procedure to validity data for cognitive abilities tests for law enforcement occupations. Results indicated apparently lower validities and lesser generalizability for job criteria possibly due to low validity of the criterion and potential role of noncognitive factors. (Author/ABB)

Examined the relationship between the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability (WJTCA) and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) in a referral sample of 52 elementary students. Results showed comparable WJTCA/WISC-R global ability estimates, contrary to lower WJTCA scores found in recent studies with learning disabled…

Describes an approach to evaluation in which students were given a second chance to demonstrate knowledge of the subject. Areas investigated include student willingness to retake the examination, the effect of the retake on student scores and class distribution, and the relationship between initial performance and retake score. (GS)

This book provides guidance into the use of storytelling techniques as an approach to personality assessment and explains how to administer, score, and interpret such tests. The tests discussed include the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), the Roberts Apperception Test for Children, and the TEMAS (Tell-Me-a-Story). Each chapter contains callout…

There has been recent interest in Dynamic Assessment in the psychoeducational assessment of preschool children. This study investigated the concurrent validity between the Application of Cognitive Functions Scale (ACFS) (C. Lidz and R. Jepsen, 1999), a Dynamic Assessment, and the Leiter-Revised International Performance Test (Leiter-R) (G. Roid…

Discusses how differing cognitive style in adolescents relates to their adaptation to pubescent body change. (NH)

In 1967 Gough and McGurk proposed a 30 item set of geometric forms and illusions for use in cross-cultural study of cognitive functioning. An Italian survey was therefore initiated to determine the applicability of the series and its validity in specifying age related cognitive levels. The results are discussed. (Author)