A critical evaluation of the Ammons and Ammons Quick Test, a test of verbal-perceptual test which is part of the applicant screening procedure of the Job Corps. (JM)

This study of all high school graduates of June, 1966 in San Diego, California, supports the conclusion that college entry is affected by the socio-economic contexts of students' neighborhood and school through the intervening influence upon manifest ability, as indicated by IQ scores and grade point averages, and upon college aspirations. (Author)

Early readers came from higher socio-economic levels and smaller families, their mothers had more education, they spent more time in sedentary activities, and they received a variety of kinds of help. (Authors)

Butch and Slim was written as a response to a need for a rather specialised group of items in the Reasoning sub-scale of the British Intelligence Scale. (Author)

Critical examination of the Teachers' Guide and Guide to Experiments and Questions Book in O-level Nuffield physics course reveals there may be disadvantages to the current organization when analyzed with psychological considerations. (PS)

Culture fair tests should be examined and reviewed closely before being used and should not be regarded as the answer to testing the culturally disadvantaged. (Author)

It is argued that developmental task analysis is of primary value in the psychoeducational programming of children with learning and behavioral problems. (Author)

Sex differences in many aspects of early human development are reviewed: in physical growth and maturation, in motor activity and sensory capacities in infancy, in mother-infant interaction, in the onset of fear, in the social behaviour of pre-school children, in exploration, play and creativity, and in intellectual functions. (Author)

Study examined the relative importance of vocabulary, general intelligence, language background and socioeconomic status in determining the grade level achieved by Indian boys aged 12-14 from several cultural groups in Western Canada. (Author)

Authors believe that they have tentatively demonstrated that the Montessori curriculum is effective over a period of two years in nurturing continuing development in children in the areas of visual-motor integration, matching and sorting skills, psycho-motor skills, and to some extent number concepts. (Authors/MB)

Principal finding of this study was the association between tutors' familiarity with the test materials and greater test score gains by their pupils. (Authors)

Appropriate media for instruction should be selected on the basis of the students' own abilities and characteristics, as shown by this study on adult learners with different backgrounds. (AN)

Study was designed to assess more fully the relative importance of ability and personality variables in the prediction of school achievement in a variety of areas. (Authors)

It was observed that whereas in the average IQ level, the high-SES sample did better than the low-SES sample in short-term memory, this was reversed in the low IQ level. (Authors)