The hypothesis that tests of precollege aptitude/achievement are poor predictors of later college grades because of uneven changes in aptitude development over these years was investigated. A battery of 11 tests administered before college entrance was readministered to 59 female and 67 male college seniors. Correlations obtained from high school…

The Kvaraceus Delinquency Proneness Scale (KD Scale) was developed as an instrument designed to aid in prediction of future juvenile delinquents. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the predictive validity of the instrument over a 5-year period. Indexes of delinquency adjustment and academic achievement served as the validational…

The employment of judgment as an evaluation tool at the early stage of curriculum development is advantageous. The reasons why this is so are: (1) writers exhibit more readiness to change elements of the program during the early stages of curriculum development; (2) there is great economic advantage in using such an evaluation tool; and (3)…

The Abridged Patton Speech Content Exam is designed to measure achievement and potential achievement in a speaker-audience oriented speech course at the college level. The abridged exam contains 30 test items rather than the 100 items of the unabridged version. The 30 items include questions as follows: 2 on stasis or propositions, 8 pertaining to…

High ability men, who were winners of National Merit Scholarships in 1966, were used to study the capacity of precollege Strong Vocational Interest Blanks (SVIB) to predict major and career choices at the end of college. Criterion groups contained 1,031 men in 16 major fields and 780 men planning to enter 10 career fields. SVIB Occupational and…

Ability tests in use today and the educational programs of the schools are examined from a Black perspective. It is stated that it is incumbent upon educators to develop appropriate learning experiences in the classroom which relate to the Black child's background experiences. The following issues are raised: (1) I.Q. tests (predictor variables)…

This is a report on a pilot program in predicting success in teaching conducted at Fox Valley technical Institute. The goals of the program are listed as follows: a) to write a philosophy, objectives, and systematic plan for a pilot program of evaluation; b) to select a personality measurement instrument and an instructor rating scale (for…

There is a strong indication that a student's estimate of his achievement may be more accurate than teacher or peer evaluation. Furthermore, a teacher can help a student improve his self-evaluation over a period of time if the teacher takes into consideration aspects of the student's personality. The purpose of this study was to determine: (1) if…

The present study was undertaken as a reanalysis of data collected and reported by Lair and Biddy to determine whether the personality dimensions of denial or anxiety, as measured by the MMPI, predict subsequent open heart surgery mortality differently by sex. (Author)

An inventory was constructed to screen children for psychiatric impairment. Factor analysis of the questionnaire items of child behavior yielded 18 factors. The 7 factors with the highest correlations with total psychiatric impairment were selected for the inventory, each represented by 5 items. (Author)

The validity of predictors of academic performance in six postgraduate fields were compared. The fields included three liberal arts areas and three professional areas. The predictors included information about students's backgrounds, self-conceptions, values, nonacademic achievements, and curricular patterns as well as admissions test scores and…

Compares the Fry, Dale-Chall, and SMOG readability formulas and cautions users about their limitations. (RB)

Caution is urged in applying the normative-descriptive distinction to selection models, because ambiguities arise when the distinction is actually carried out (AA 529 125). A multidimensional structure may be needed to account for strategy, and the relationship between strategy and such nontask variables as intelligence is needed to clarify the…

The best predictor for success in Algebra I was found to be the grade in eighth grade math. (KR)

Four articles that reported studies that used the Whitaker Index of Schizophrenic Thinking (WIST) were published in the "Journal of Clinical Psychology" in early 1977. These articles are reviewed by the WIST's author in terms of necessary conditions for valid and useful studies of schizophrenic thinking. (Editor)