The Zahlen-Verbindungs-Test (ZVT) represents a highly feasible measure of information-processing speed that correlates quite highly with standard psychometric tests of intelligence. The present study was designed to identify specific stages of the sensorimotor processing system that may account for individual differences in overall variability of…

Evaluation is an inherent part of education for an increasingly diverse student population. Confidence in one's test-taking skills, and the associated testing environment, needs to be examined from a perspective that combines the concept of Bandurian self-efficacy with the concept of stereotype threat reactions in a diverse student sample. Factors…

Item-level statistics from ability and achievement tests have been underutilized as sources of data for building models of cognitive development. How item data can be used to build a cognitive-developmental map of proportional reasoning is demonstrated. The product of the analysis is a cognitive hierarchy with levels corresponding to categories of…

Author investigated a creative way to enjoy solving problems that was designed to motivate children. (RK)

A cognitive processing model was adopted by the task force developing the National Association of Secondary School Principals' (NASSP) Learning Style Profile (LSP). The LSP contains 23 independent scales representing four higher order factors: cognitive skills; perceptual responses; study preferences; and instructional preferences. The subscales…

Modern behavioral research focuses on the possibility of a direct measurement of value preferences, which are conceived as important causal variables of behavior. A method and procedure for the measurement and representation of human value factors is presented. The thesis was studied that valuation results from an active inquiring agent whose…

Older adults are significantly slower than young adults in the naming response in the Stroop Color Word Interference Test. Hypotheses attempting to explain this age-related difference in a perceptual-cognitive task have included orthogenic principle, response-competition, and cautiousness. This study examines whether there are any significant…

The aim of this article is to give some basic information on the IEA survey in science, reading comprehension and literature so that the scene is set for the reader to understand the terminology and procedures reported in the articles which follow. (Author)

This paper discusses the design and results for the evaluation of an environmental education institute program held at Tennessee Technological University from July 1976 to June 1977. The 26 participants completed pre- and post instruments which included items of both attitudinal and knowledge composition. The goals for the evaluation of the…

Guidelines developed specifically for cases in which objectively scored written tests are to be used are described. When objective cognitive tests are properly built and used, they can serve four educationally important functions. These tests provide the instructor information on what a student can and cannot do. The instructor needs this…

Tests for assessing critical thinking skills or abilities are reviewed in order to: (1) compare various measures and provide a critical review of each instrument; (2) encourage researchers to refine them; and (3) identify problems in measuring critical thinking by analyzing weaknesses in the tests. The publication is divided into two sections: a…

AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF COLLEGE EDUCATION AND CHANGES IN ATTITUDES OF STEREOTYPE AND DOGMATISM, IN TRADITIONAL-VALUE ORIENTATION, AND IN CERTAIN SELECTED ATTITUDES AND VIEWS RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION. DURING THE FALL 1958 ORIENTATION WEEK, A BATTERY OF COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE TESTS WAS ADMINISTERED TO…

Plans are outlined for developing measurement techniques and testing programs to determine the success or failure of the program objectives in the cognitive and attitude areas of the Mountain-Plains program. In the cognitive area a criterion-referenced approach will be used, in spite of problems associated with reliability. Item pools will be…

This test contains 16 problems which yield a measure of the development of the concept of conservation in elementary school students. Each problem depicts a set of objects on which some transformation has been effected. The child then must make a decision about whether any changes have occurred in regard to specific characteristics of the object.…

Presented at a symposium on "The Structure of Concept Attainment Abilities Project: Final Report and Critique," this paper provides the methodological aspects of the project. The discussion centers around a "Guide to the Multivariate Methods," which is provided in the paper. The basic guide-posts are the types of analysis and the types of content.…