Investigated was whether the visual discrimination performances of 16 primary-grade, conceptually impulsive school children could be modified by altering the directions and administration procedures of a visual discrimination match-to-sample test. (Author/JYC)

The study evaluated the construct validity of five perceptual traits with simulated work samples from the Jewish Vocational Service Work Sample System. Results with 36 learning disabled adolescents indicated that simulated work samples can be used as a diagnostic instrument for assessment of perceptual abilities in a vocational setting. (Author/DB)

The position statement of the Council for Learning Disabilities' Board of Trustees opposes the measurement and training of perceptual and perceptual-motor functions as a part of learning disability services and recommends instead that assessment and remediation focus on the primary disorders of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, and…

Author seeks to establish a valid instrument for testing the knowledge about adult education that will aid adult educators. (GB)

Research performed pursuant to a contract with the Defense Language Institute. Complete report of this research is available on request from Defense Language Institute Headquarters, R and S Division, Anacostia Naval Annex, Washington, D.C.; Reference: Final Report -- The Role of Personality Variables in Second Language Behavior.'' (RS)

An argument centered on perceptual-motor training as an educational fad and a criticism of training approaches. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association (New York, New York, 1969). (RJ)

A modified beta binomial model is presented for use in analyzing random guessing multiple choice tests and taste tests. Detection probabilities for each item are distributed beta across the population subjects. Properties for the observable distribution of correct responses are derived. Two concepts of true score estimates are presented.…

When groups of children were given a test of visual performance designed to measure their dark interval threshold, differences were found between boys and girls and differences were found indicating that those children who had a moderate threshold showed superior reading ability. (MKM)

Investigated comparisons of perceptions of drugs with perceptions of people, using the repertory grid technique. A significant result was finding a shift from seeing people as less positive and drugs as more positive when subjects shifted from a normal state of consciousness to a simulated altered state of consciousness. (Author)

Examined the ability of 1-year olds to remember the location of nonvisible targets. Found that infants were able to associate a nonvisible target with a direct landmark and to code its distance and direction with respect to themselves or the larger framework. Difficulty of coding with indirect landmarks was associated with cognitive complexity and…

Studies have shown that perception of distance, orientation and size can be dissociated from action tasks. The action system seems to possess more veridical, unbiased information than the perceptual/verbal system. The current study examines the nature of the distinction between action and verbal responses in a spatial reasoning task. Participants…