A longitudinal survey comparing 3- and 4-year program nursing students in respect to interests and personality, aptitude and achievement, and personal background. Nurses in the two groups were similar in most respects but the 3-year students lacked goal-orientation and economic means to participate in the longer program. (BC)

The article gives the results of Army experiments that replaced lecturers with a buddy system of man-to-man instruction. (Author/LF)

Author discusses the evaluation of student achievement on a base geared to individualaptitude and progress." (Editor)

Paper utilizes data collected by Project TALENT, a cooperative effort of the U.S. Office of Education, the University of Pittsburgh, and the American Institutes of Research

Reports on research project under auspices of the Oxford Educational Research Group to develop a German aptitude test to assess reliability of selection procedures for children who are allowed to study a second foreign language prior to fourth year options. Believes choices reflected in hypothetical options might encourage those pressing for…

An intelligence model of processes and content of thought is proposed. Processes include remembering, evaluating, generating, and transforming, while content is self, forms, ideas, and persons, determining levels of complexity for learning. The TETRA model is compared with J.P. Guilford's aptitude structure of intellect. Theory implications for…

Older adults are interested in learning, their educational needs are diverse, and teaching approaches need to be varied. The heterogeneity of the older adult group must be considered in planning educational activities. (SK)

Outlines the stages of the composing process, differentiating between those of skilled and unskilled writers. Provides a list of suggestions for elementary school writing instruction. (HTH)

The nature of tests involved in the controversy on coaching is examined. Then coaching is considered against the background of diverse types of training that may affect test performance, and the implications of these various forms of training for the meaning and validity of test scores is discussed. (Author/BW)

The effect of field independence-dependence match or mismatch within the context of a communication task was examined. Results showed field-independent matched dyads performed better than field-dependent matched dyads, with the mismatched conditions' performance falling between the matched ones. (Author/GK)

Problems in testing main effects in regression analysis when there is interaction are discussed. A method by which main effects can be tested independently of the interaction is developed and compared with the hierarchical method. The method provides control of the type I error rate, but is quite conservative. (Author/JKS)

The pattern of correlations between subtests suggests that several of the aptitudes are of doubtful validity. In no case was it possible to extract more than three adequately determined factors. (Author)

The power structure of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and the validity of its tests are examined. The test format, purposes, costs, and rankings and the potential reform of the ETS are discussed. (JD)

Five aspects of applying the ATI concept are presented: (1) implementation methodology (steps in the process), (2) procedures for selecting appropriate independent and dependent variables, (3) data analysis procedures, (4) alternative module design and development guidelines, and (5) module assignment guidelines. (Author/JEG)