Differences among school children are typically measured by achievement, aptitude and/or intelligence tests. This study investigates the use of critical thinking tests to differentiate between schools of varying racial, economic, and "disadvantagement" factors; the latter being determined by Title I ESEA qualifications and U. S. Office of…

A study and replication tested whether memory aptitudes interacted with note-taking, paying attention, or responding to test-like events during lecture instruction. Regression analyses were accomplished by means of the single predictor-single criterion case of the modified Johnson-Neyman statistical technique. A disordinal interaction between…

This paper presents an analysis and results of the Project TALENT questionnaire given in high-school, the 1-year follow-up questionnaire, and the 5-year follow-up questionnaire, as these dealt with anticipated or actual college majors. A series of tables are presented indicating the fields included in various categories of college majors; the…

The Trait Treatment Interaction (TTI) Process approach is particularly adapted to the study of information-processing by receivers of information presented in the media. Differences in people's experiences do lead to different cognitive structures. Different people use the same machinery of perceiving, coding, storing, and retrieving. Neverthless,…

MEMBERS OF THE NEGRO POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES WHO HAD DEMONSTRATED "UNUSUAL ACADEMIC TALENT" BY RECEIVING AN ACADEMIC DOCTORAL DEGREE WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE FACTORS THAT WOULD SERVE TO IDENTIFY ACADEMIC PROMISE AMONG UNDERPRIVILEGED GROUPS. FACTORS STUDIED INCLUDED THE IMPORTANCE OF (1) THE FAMILY, (2) THE EDUCATION AND…

A STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO INVESTIGATE FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING IN BOTH INTRAINING AND FIELD PROGRAMS OF THE PEACE CORPS, AND TO DETERMINE INDIVIDUAL AND EXPERIENCE FACTORS AFFECTING THE RATE OF LANGUAGE LEARNING. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DEVELOP A PROTOTYPE FOR A PARAMETRIC STUDY INVOLVING SUCH FACTORS AS LANGUAGE APTITUDE AND PRIOR LANGUAGE…

Describes a reading course designed to increase efficiency and concentration on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. (MKM)

What effect is the "back to basics" movement having on American teachers and schools? Are the media and the politicians taking the public for a ride? Reports on the controversies surrounding such issues as standards, testing and accountability. (Editor)

A correlational study of the Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude and the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities was conducted with 111 children (mean age of 5 years). (Author)

In a study of economically disadvantaged college freshmen it was found that the only significant differentiating factor between them and the average student was grades. (JD)

Test-retest reliability coefficients for the brief Career Ability Placement Survey and concurrent validity correlations against the Differential Aptitude Tests and the General Aptitude Test Battery are presented for samples of ninth and tenth grade students. (Author/JKS)

This paper was originally delivered in July of 1975, within a few weeks of the Supreme Court's decision in the case of "Albemarle Paper Company v. Moody". Its intent is to shed light on the interrelationship between the practice of industrial psychology and the judicial process in operation. (Editor/RK)

It is noted that the Wisconsin-Milesky Battery, which includes such tests as subtests from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and the Goodenough-Harris Draw-A-Man Test, provides a profile of elements predictive of the young deaf child's lip reading potential. (SBH)

This study investigated the criterion-related validity of the Musical Aptitude Profile in relation to achievement in freshman music theory as determined by semester grades in the courses and by grades in three course components (paperwork, sight-singing and ear-training). (Author/BS)