Presents the procedures, results, and conclusions of a study designed to determine (1) the relations between physics teachers' knowledge of their subject and student learning on 17 cognitive, affective, and behavioral criteria, and (2) the interaction of teacher achievement with prior student achievement. Subjects were 36 teachers and their…

Self estimate of achievement is just as good a predictor as pre-college entrance tests and a better predictor when students receive mid-course grades as cues. Self-prediction neither increases nor decreases in accuracy during a 4-year program. Entrance tests become less accurate as predictors during the 4 years. The most recently earned grades,…

Reprints from: J.E. Cowden, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Corrections, 1 West Wilson Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53701.

Article based on a doctoral dissertation submitted to Syracuse University. Reprints from D.L. Streiner, Department of Psychiatry, Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital, P.O. Box 585, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Examined the relationship between hopelessness and suicidal intent and whether the Beck Hopelessness Scale is confounded by social desirability, by interviewing attempted suicide patients (N=54). Results showed that hopelessness was the key variable in predicting suicidal behavior and ideation, and social desirability had no influence on…

The correlation of Guilford and Torrance measures over a two-year period and the relationship of teacher ratings of childrens' behavioral characteristics to creativity test performance over that same interval were examined. (Author)

Administered a modified version of the Self-Description Inventory, designed to assess need for achievement, to 127 South African managers. Five years later the scores were compared to salary growth, managerial level, and superiors' ratings. All of these validity correlations were significant, suggesting that the scale possesses sufficient…

In the study based on scores from 221 mentally retarded residents, the individual items in the first 13 Part Two domains of the American Association on Mental Deficiency Adaptive Behavior Scale were weighted for the perceived severity of the behavior they represent. (Author/SW)

Changes, like single scores, are demonstrated to be valid and reliable and potentially predictable by independent variables. Change and growth measures determined from individual examinees' test scores indicated excellent predictive value. (Author/PN)

The emphasis placed on test scores in college admissions is discussed. The need for colleges to periodically analyze and define their admissions policy is recommended. (Author/AL)

The long-standing clinical lore which holds that a discrepancy between Wechsler-Bellevue Verbal-Performance Scale weighted scores is a more sensitive sign of lateralized brain damage than a discrepancy between Verbal-Performance Scale IQ is investigated. The results do not support the clinical lore. (Author/AL)

Research on three classroom environment instruments is discussed, including predictive validity studies and criterion validity studies. A heuristic model involving curriculum, aptitude, environment, and learning is used to conceptualize the variables' roles in curriculum evaluation research. Evidence suggests that curriculum influences classroom…