There is evidence that when spatial orientation and spatial visualization are measured with either the French or Guilford-Zimmerman tests that the variance due to authorship is greater than that due to trait. (Authors)

Several skills important to successful learning by discovery were found to be less essential to successful learning by rule. Results also supported the hypothesis that the outcome of discovery is the structural integration of previously known concepts, while the outcome of rule learning is the addition of new structure. (Authors)

College admissions boards have accepted certain scoring criteria as good indicators of a student's potential success in college, and this study measures the validity of such scoring. (Author/RK)

Reports research with the Survey of Object Visualization (SOV) test that indicates that science majors can be distinguished from other students by SOV scores. (AL)

The General Ability and Verbal Aptitude subtests of the General Aptitude Test Battery appear to be best predictors. Expands and verifies results of earlier study on subject (Montgomery, 1967). (Author/CJ)

Scores on tests of temperament, programming aptitude, and critical thinking, together with SCAT scores and a measure of mathematical background, were correlated with achievement on an introductory programming course. (MM)

Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the Ontario Modern Language Teachers' Association and the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers, Toronto, Canada, March 27, 1971. (DS)

The results of this study suggest that instructions are a source of information to students about the testing environment that modifies their test-taking behavior. Individual students interpret the same instructions in different ways, and these differences, in turn, result in variations in behavior reflected in test scores. (Author)