Discusses the administration of the Test di Attitudine Linguistica per Bambini (TALB) to students 7-9 years of age. Correlations between the TALB and achievement tests administered at the end of the course were very high. It is concluded that aptitude is a main factor in successful learning of a second language. (16 references) (LET)

Causal modeling was used to examine how primary students' language ability interacted with pace and redundancy of instructional language during an expository science lesson to explain students' attention and learning. Language ability and pace, mediated by students' attention to the lesson, accounted for variance in learning outcomes. Higher…

Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences challenges narrow concepts of student talent and ability. This article applies this theory to the challenge of educating students with learning behavior disabilities. Reaching these young people and engaging them in learning can help them understand that intelligence comes in many forms. (Author)

Recently, the popularity of timed-essay exams has increased, becoming part of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) in the late 1990s and now being incorporated into The College Board Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) in Spring of 2005 and ACT (American College Testing) test in Fall of 2004. This research evaluates the "value…

A literature review and associated recommendations for research and testing of artistic judgment (AJ) are presented. Studies of AJ aptitude testing and related research are reviewed. G. T. Fechner's psychophysical, G. P. Birkhoff's mathematical, H. J. Eysenck's factor analytic, and D. E. Berlyne's psychobiological approaches to AJ are discussed.…

This study investigated some of the differences in a perceptual discrimination performance task due to: (1) sex and (2) level of aspiration of each group of subjects. It was found that there is an interaction effect between femaleness, maleness, and aspiration level. (Author)

FIVE METHODS OF TEACHING INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PORTABLE, ELECTRIC-POWER GENERATING EQUIPMENT TO ENLISTED MEN WERE COMPARED. METHODS WERE--38-HOUR CONVENTIONAL INSTRUCTION, 38-HOUR INTENSIVE TV INSTRUCTION, AND 3 16-HOUR TV COURSES, USING EXPERIENCED AND INEXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS, AND KINESCOPE RECORDINGS. A POST-SELECTION,…

A resume is presented of findings of ongoing research on the designing of strategies for conducting individual training. Studies being done, both in laboratory and operational training settings, are assessing the impact of individual differences, task variables, and training methods on strategy design. The findings are seen as directly relevant to…

Results of three experiments correlating CTAA with academic aptitude are discussed. (DB)

Research reported in this paper was performed by HumRRO Division No. 3 (Recruit Training), Presidio of Monterey, California, under Department of Army contract with the George Washington University.