Research on aptitude-instructional treatment interactions has shown that the relation of general ability to learning tends to increase as instruction places increased information processing burdens on learners and to decrease as instruction is designed to reduce the information processing demands on learners. This report summarizes a research…

Two separate documents are included in this publication. The first is standards for Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment with Interpretive Guidelines. It is designed to inform rehabilitation practitioners of those standards that have particular application to the field of vocational evaluation and work adjustment. Accompanying the standards…

EIGHT INSTRUCTIONAL TESTS SPANNED THE CURRICULUM OF ONE YEAR OF BIOLOGY STUDY. THE FIRST CONCERNED THE NATURE OF SCIENCE INCLUDED 4 AREAS OF EMPHASIS--THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF HYPOTHESIS, THE IDEA OF CONTROLS IN EXPERIMENTS, INTERPRETATION OF GRAPHED DATA, AND THE NATURE OF DATA. THE SECOND TEST WAS DESIGNED TO SHOW AN UNDERSTANDING OF…

METHODS FOR IDENTIFIYING ACADEMICALLY AND CREATIVELY TALENTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE PRESENTED. INCLUDED IS THE ROLE OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING IN THE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS--PARENT OBSERVATIONS, TEACHER OBSERVATIONS, PERMANENT SCHOOL RECORDS, AND SUCH STANDARDIZED TESTS AS INTELLIGENCE, APTITUDE, AND ACHIEVEMENT TESTS. THE NATIONAL…

DATA COLLECTED FROM 15 YEARS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING UNDER THE APTITUDES RESEARCH PROJECT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WERE MICROFILMED OR KEYPUNCHED AND MADE AVAILABLE TO EDUCATORS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHERS. EACH TEST HAD BEEN ADMINISTERED TO ABOUT 600 EXAMINEES. STUDENT HAND-WRITTEN…

The theoretical and methodological concepts available to and needed by research on aptitudes as cognitive processes are discussed. Contemporary views of cognitive processes are examined in relation to individual difference constructs and the methods used to examine their reliability and validity. Individual difference constructs are discussed in…

Personality, interest, and ability variables differentiated among California junior college students enrolled in occupation-centered curricula. Analytical techniques used were Stepwise Discriminant Analysis and Multivariate Analysis of Variance. Hawaiian students were differentiated on interest measures; Idaho students, on interest and personality…

This study compared handicapped with able-bodied university freshmen to determine if high school rank and aptitude test scores were valid predictors of college grades for the handicapped. The subjects were 17 female and 32 male severely handicapped students enrolled at the University of Missouri. Analysis of high school rank (HSR), School and…

The process by which students are selected to perform successfully in graduate schools has generated a literature that is reviewed here to determine what predictors and what criteria are used for graduate student selection and to evaluate the relative success of the predictors used. The bulk of the research involves correlation analysis. The…

The Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) has been used in the selection of Navy ROTC scholarship applicants and a scale was developed to identify potential career effectiveness. Consequently, it was necessary to assess the possibility of faking. An earlier study indicated that when under instructions to do so, individuals can increase their…

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between the cost input to education and one measure of output--achievement in English. Because achievement in English depends upon the variables of scholastic aptitude and socioeconomic status, these were used as co-variables in the study in a multiple regression analysis. Figures for input…

The nature of foreign language aptitude and the consequent implications for teaching are discussed. Areas include teaching of aptitudinal skills, diagnosis of individual difficulties, necessity of identifying sounds as unique entities, "audiolingual habit theory" vs. "cognitive code learning theory," and inductive and deductive teaching…

REALISTIC is an acronym based upon the three literacy skills areas studied--REAding, LIStening, and ArithmeTIC. The general objectives of the project are: (1) to provide information concerning the demands for reading, listening, and arithmetic skills in several major military occupational specialties (MOSS), and (2) to provide information and…

Students in science and non-science departments of the State University College, Buffalo, were given the Survey of Object Visualization, a test designed to measure aptitude to visualize objects when disassembled and in various positions. Science majors scored significantly higher than non-science students. Within the science group, different bands…

Most students, perhaps over 90 percent, can master what teachers have to teach them, and it is the task of instruction to find the means which will enable students to master the subject under consideration. A basic task is to determine what is meant by mastery of the subject and to search for methods and materials which will enable the largest…