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Skaggs, Gary; Tessema, Aster – 2001
This paper presents an application of the bookmark procedure to a test comprised of increasing text difficulty levels. The Test of English Proficiency for Adults (TEPA) was used for this study. Three forms of the TEPA were field tested in 1999 with approximately 1,000 non-native English speaking students enrolled in English-as-a-Second-Language…
Descriptors: Adults, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Language Tests
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Tourangeau, Karen; Brick, Mike; Le, Thanh; Wan, Siu; Weant, Margaret; Nord, Christine; Vaden-Kiernan, Nancy; Hagedorn, Mary; Bissett, Elizabeth; Dulaney, Richard; Fowler, Jean; Pollack, Judith; Rock, Donald; Weiss, Michael J.; Atkins-Burnett, Sally; Hausken, Elvira Germino; West, Jerry; Rathbun, Amy; Walston, Jill – National Center for Education Statistics, 2004
This document highlights key information needed to work with the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) data and points the reader to the appropriate sections of the User's Manual so that they can get started quickly. To read more about any particular topic, the reader should go to the indicated section of the…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 3, Student Records, Kindergarten
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Losak, John; Lin, Tien-Teh – Journal of Educational Research, 1973
This study investigated the question of whether those students who earned credits for basic courses through the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) General Examinations achieved the same level of academic performance in advanced courses as those who took the basic courses in the traditional manner. (Editor)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Courses, Data Analysis
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Hendrickson, Grant – Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 1973
This study covered the formation of a concept of student morale described in terms of the concepts of humanistic psychology and the development of an instrument which would permit the measurement of student morale thus defined, (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Definitions, High School Students, Item Sampling, Measurement Instruments
Hockey, Robert – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1973
The present study examines the effects of two common stresses, noise and sleep loss, on task performance. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Acoustics, Analysis of Variance, Arousal Patterns, Experimental Psychology
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Cohen, L. – Educational Review, 1974
The article reports the construction and testing of a short scale of alienation. The scale is used in a British secondary school to explore associations between the criterion measure and children's self concept of academic ability, self esteem, extraversion, and placement in high/low ability groupings. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Reinforcement, Sampling, Secondary Schools
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Reid, W. A.; Holley, B. J. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
A 40 item, Likert type attitude inventory was completed by a sample fo 448 teachers in schools with sixth forms. Implications for policy making in the area of sixth form education are briefly discussed. (Editor)
Descriptors: Correlation, Educational Policy, Educational Psychology, Factor Analysis
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Atwood, L. Erwin; Crain, Susan – Journal of Experimental Education, 1973
The purpose of this study was to replicate the survey reported by Atwood and Starck (2) to determine if changes had taken place in the perceived dimensions of the issues and the patterns of the attitudes toward university role and governance following the period of prolonged uncerta. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Research, Faculty, Opinions
Freedman, Alex S. – Community College Social Science Quarterly, 1974
Article focused on student attitudes and practices concerning higher education and presented statements by students in reaction to questions such as, "How do you make good grades without putting in too much time?" (Author/RK)
Descriptors: College Students, Interviews, Moral Values, Sampling
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Waters, L. K.; Roach, Darrell – Personnel Psychology, 1973
The purpose of the present study was to factor analyze a set of items frequently used to measure Maslow need categories to obtain further information on their structure in relation to the Maslow system. (Author)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Job Satisfaction, Need Gratification, Psychological Needs
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Thomas, Lena – Journal of the American College Health Association, 1973
The focus of this study was on early church attendance and its influence on premarital heterosexual activity in young adulthood. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Churches, College Students, Moral Values
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Angoff, William H.; Ford, Susan F. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1973
Several samples of black and white students were drawn from the 1970 PSAT administration in Georgia and studies for item x race interaction on both the verbal and mathematical sections of the test. (Authors)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Interaction, Item Analysis, Performance Factors
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Evans, Martin G. – Personnel Psychology, 1973
The intention of this study is to explore the possibility that the leader behaves differently to different subordinates. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Data Analysis, Leadership, Leadership Styles
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Kissel, Mary Ann; Yeager, John L. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1972
Conclusion is that it is not necessary to record the behavior of every pupil or an entire class in order to adequately measure a specific dimension of the classroom. Rather, observational efficiency can be attained through the utilization of sampling procedures for a given type of classroom situation. (Authors)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Evaluation, Grade 5
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Akland, Gerald G.; Nehls, Gerald J. – Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association, 1973
Applying to air quality data, procedures are presented for site characterization, method identification, data validation, and data summarization that are being established by the Environmental Protection Agency for the National Aerometric Data Bank. Topics review screening criteria, atypical results (data outliers), data accuracy and precision,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases, Information Storage
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