Selected issues must be considered in choosing an effective assessment method from diverse procedures. External means of evaluation stress the use of national and state-developed tests to measure student achievement. In addition to external evaluations of students, administrators may use external tests for teachers. Internal means of evaluating…

Based on the theory of multiple intelligences, this guide is designed for teachers as they assist students through a progression from understanding multiple intelligences and their own intelligence strengths to developing strategies to set clear educational goals, discover their passions, and develop self-advocacy. The guide's units, each of which…

This study sought to determine whether the dimensions underlying a comprehensive set of 15 work-relevant abilities were similar to the Data/Ideas and Things/People Work Task Dimensions (D. J. Prediger, 1996) underlying J. L. Holland's (1997) hexagonal model of interest and occupational types. The work task dimensions and a general ability…

This study uses linguistic humor to show that awareness of only those linguistic units transcribed by the orthography bear a special relation to early reading success. The study is decribed following a review of the literature and a discussion of advantages and problems associated with the use of humor appreciation as a probe of children's…

This paper discusses the role of art in the education of young children, particularly in Australia. The first section reviews H. Gardner's theory (1983) that children need to be provided with opportunities to develop multiple forms of intelligence, one of which is intelligence relating to art. The value of play in children's education as put…

Massive cultural interventions that have occurred in the last 20 years have produced global intelligences whose characteristics transcend the cultural context. Global intelligences are communalities of competencies shared extensively among all world societies. This document presents a preliminary report on a study of global intelligences. Three…

The 50 nonverbal tests in this bibliography assess aptitude and cognitive skills using various nonverbal means, such as pictures, symbols, or figures. They are useful in testing those who may have reading difficulties or those for whom English is not the primary language. Not included are aptitude measure that have both verbal and nonverbal…

The effects of financial aid on degree completion for Swedish postsecondary students were studied. Attention was focused on the effect of student social background, sex, and intelligence on utilization of study aid. Separate analyses were undertaken with different age groups and students in different study courses. Two student samples were…

Intended to illuminate current understanding of how the reader's cognition and language and the text's structure affect the processing of prose, this volume contains articles written by educators, linguists, psychologists, and artificial intelligence experts on issues of comprehension research. The first part of the book examines reading…

An example of how a practitioner can use his research skills to help a school district evaluate one of its projects is described. The practitioner is advised to become involved in "action" research expanding the psychologist's role to that of a consultant to administrators, teachers and parents.

Disadvantaged, Upward Bound students (n=94) were administered a test battery of the Otis Quick-Scoring Mental Ability Test, Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, Guilford's tests of Expressional Fluency, Alternate Uses, and Consequences; and the Figural Form of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Results are discussed in relation to previous…

Summarized were results of an analysis of placement factors with 7,427 children enrolled in primary and intermediate classes for the educable mentally retarded in Virginia during 1971-72. (DB)

Reports an analysis of the strength of several independent variables (sex, intelligence, dogmatism, socioeconomic status) as predictors of expressed negative reaction toward pre-Western Eskimo culture by fifth grade children. (CS)

This paper reiterates the utility of both standardized tests and direct observations of behavior, despite the problems related to each of these assessment procedures. An additional assessment technique is recommended which combines the "best of both worlds". Three examples of observations with norms are described. (Author)