The principal concern of this study was to determine if there were significant relationships between selected factors of physical maturity and intelligence of seventh, eighth, and ninth grade boys and their ability to perform two common industrial arts woodworking tasks, sawing and hammering, using standard and modified tools. A sample of 72 boys…

In order to determine the comparability of the IQ estimates and subtest scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised, both tests were adminstered in a four-cell counter-balanced design. Overlapping items were given only once. Subjects were 77 male and 51 female adolescents…

This study examined the effects of the need to achieve, as measured by a behavioral checklist, on reading achievement. Subjects were 96 students enrolled in a southwestern Mississippi school district; 32 students were randomly selected from each of the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. Each subject was then tested in reading achievement, IQ, and…

Investigated were the effects of using intelligence quotients, high school rank, College Entrance Board Scholastic Aptitude Test scores in mathematics, and high school mathematics grades as predictors of success in finite mathematics. One hundred twenty-three students were included in the study. The SAT-Mathematics score was the best predictor…

The goal of the present project was to identify the types of knowledge necessary and useful for competent troubleshooting/debugging and to examine how new approaches to formal instruction might influence the attainment of competence by students. The research focused on the role of general strategies in troubleshooting/debugging, and how they might…

One aspect of tutoring skill for technical subjects is individualized, adaptive sequencing of the problems given to students as learning exercises. A Curriculum Information Network (CIN) describes the relationships between the problems in a CAI curriculum and the concepts and skills that they are intended to teach. It is a basis for selecting…

The identification of the specific components of literary taste in this study was accomplished through a search of the writings about children's literature and taste, the advice of a panel of experts in the field of children's literature, and the assistance of teachers and librarians. A list of 41 components was then developed into a Literary…

The problem investigated in this study was to determine the best combination of tests or subtests in a research battery which, when administered to beginning first-grade students, would enable the most efficient prediction of reading achievement. A total of 1052 children were randomly selected from first-grade classrooms within the State of…

Hypotheses derived from Hull-Spence learning theory were tested in an investigation of the interactions of anxiety, intelligence, and classroom structure. After pretesting using the Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence Test and the Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (CMAS), the 324 sixth graders and seventh graders were assigned to one of the eight…

The author maintains that IQ testing developed in a political context and still serves to descriminate against minority group gifted children; he suggests a method of identifying potentially gifted disadvantaged children by using culturally familiar experiences. The discriminatory aspects of intelligence testing are evidenced by quotes from L.…

This pretest report on the National Head Start Evaluation Project gives data on ethnicity and ages of children enrolled in four Head Start centers in Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona, and describes the present status of evaluation at these centers. Completed pretests, proposed evaluation instruments, and available pretest data are presented.…

An explanation of the child's mind and his language, stated in terms of the nature of the learner, is presented in this book. The authors ask teachers to think about the competence of the child and try to discover what he must know to be able to read. They ask teachers to examine the nature of the learner--what he knows that enables him to learn…

With the implementation of the all volunteer force concept, the Air Force must ensure that the objectively measurable range of ability in its manpower pool is being utilized. This is especially true for minority groups who have been categorized and channeled into military career areas based on their performance on two selection tests: the Armed…

Provided in the instructional syllabus developed by the National/State Leadership Training Institute on the Gifted and Talented are a rationale for the identification of gifted students, suggested identification procedures, and examples of materials used by various school districts. It is noted that the Stanford-Binet appears to be the best single…

People use a variety of plausible, but uncertain inferences to answer questions about which their knowledge is incomplete. Such inferential thinking and reasoning is being incorporated into the SCHOLAR computer-assisted instruction (CAI) system. Socratic tutorial techniques in CAI systems such as SCHOLAR are described, and examples of their…