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Cronin, Virginia – Developmental Psychology, 1973
Study shows that there are differences in the information-processing capacities of touch and vision and that these differences are influenced by a variety of factors. (Author)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Kindergarten Children, Learning Modalities, Performance Factors
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Bruner, Jerome S. – Child Development, 1973
Article is concerned principally with the early acquisition of skills relating to the manipulation of things, though perforce the role of certain social skills is treated in the interest of explicating that topic. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Ability, Arousal Patterns, Child Development, Feedback
Carbuhn, Wayne M.; Wells, Ivan C. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1973
Factors on the NATB most statistically related to job performance were conceptually similar to Jensen's Level 1 abilities, Cattell's Fluid Intelligence, Perceptual Speed Dexterity, and Memory. WAIS Verbal and Full-Scale IQs were not significantly related to employment success. Reading skill and other verbal abilities are not essential to NATB…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Labor Force Development, Mental Retardation, Performance Factors
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Welch, Russell F.; Drew, Clifford J. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1972
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation
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Zorn, Jay D. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1973
This investigation was concerned with the effectiveness of chamber music ensemble experience for certain members of a ninth grade band and the evaluation of the effectiveness in terms of performing abilities, cognitive learnings, and attitude changes. (Author)
Descriptors: Bands (Music), Grade 9, Learning Experience, Music Activities
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Waugh, R. P. – Exceptional Children, 1973
The Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities was administered to 166 second graders who were classifed as auditory or visual learners on the basis of discrepancies in individual test profiles. (Author)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Children, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
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Siegel, Jane A.; Siegel, William – Psychological Review, 1972
Absolute judgment may be characterized as a special case of paired-associate learning in which the stimuli and responses are ordered, and responses are assigned to stimuli in serial order. (Authors)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Memory, Paired Associate Learning, Performance Factors
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Storey, A. G. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1972
Study suggests that affective involvement may be positively related to academic success at the adult level while hostility may be a by-product of non-success. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Affective Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Failure
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Conklin, R. C.; Phelps, J. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1972
As a result of the findings in the present study it seems reasonable to suggest that verbal ability tests (including reading tests) be used as screening devices for entering adult students. (Authors)
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Students, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
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Van Duyne, H. John – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1972
Study basically supports the Russian theory of the second signal system and its regulatory control of conscious behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Nonverbal Learning, Performance Factors, Preschool Children
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Horvitz, James M.; Levin, Joel R. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972
Imagery instructions facilitated the performance of sixth-, but not third-graders. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Data Analysis, Elementary School Students, Imagery
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Mhlaba, Sondlo L. – College Student Journal, 1972
It was the author's purpose in this short discussion to suggest that testing and grading should help the student learn better without excessive pressure of time or competition. (Author)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Grading, Measurement Techniques
Wasilewski, Bohdan K. – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1972
Results supported the hypotheses that the emphasis on speed: (a) has a detrimental effect on the performance, (b) is inherent in a test-like situation, and (c) can be reduced by emphasizing in the instructions to Ss the detrimental effects of speed on the achievement of solution. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Data Analysis, Grade 12, Performance Factors
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Strong, Stanley R.; Gray, Bonnie L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1972
The results demonstrated the influence of test scores on self-rating and suggested several variables controlling the effects of social comparisons. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling, Peer Groups, Performance Factors
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Van Dyke, Bill F.; Newton, John M. – Journal of Educational Research, 1972
Delaying knowledge of results affected attitudes in this study. Short intervals of delay with CAI had no significant effect, however, on learning or test performance of Ss. (Editor/MB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Performance Factors, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes
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