The nonword repetition (NWR) test has been shown to be a good predictor of children's vocabulary size. NWR performance has been explained using phonological working memory, which is seen as a critical component in the learning of new words. However, no detailed specification of the link between phonological working memory and long-term memory…

The 192 reading achievement tests cited in this bibliography are used to assess various reading skills such as comprehension, oral reading, silent reading, independent reading, and frustration levels. Although grades kindergarten through 12 are represented, the tests are primarily designed for grades 4 through 6. The bibliography does not include…

This is the preliminary report of a new memory scoring method. Using the Wechsler Memory Scale as its base, it scores lateralized verbal and figural memory and long- and short-term memory. Six independent memory scales were developed. Studies of 105 subjects demonstrate that these scales are reliable and valid. (Author)

The simulated oral proficiency interview (SOPI) is a semi-direct speaking test that models the format of the oral proficiency interview (OPI). The OPI is a method of assessing general speaking proficiency in a second language. The SOPI is a tape-recorded test consisting of six parts: simple personal background questions posed in a simulated…

This paper described one part of an item response theory (IRT) feasibility study performed for the Aptitude Test portion of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). The dimensionality of the GRE verbal and analytical sections is discussed. The results of six different types of equating of the verbal section and four different types of equating of…

Subjects were asked to encode and recall lists of words under the influences of marijuana and a marijuana placebo. Free recall was more complete when both encoding and recall were after marijuana use than in the encode-marijuana, recall-placebo state. Recall must depend on restoration of dissociated encoding state. (CHK)

Results indicate that although latent ability estimates may be significantly increased by a short intervention, modifiability depends on the type of intervention. Futhermore, it was found that general types of relationships may effectively mediate analogy item solving. (Author/BJG)

The first phase of a projected research program aimed at examining children's ideas about body functioning, this study focuses on concepts of digestion, elimination of waste and assimilation of food held by children of different ages. (Subjects expressed these concepts both verbally and graphically). Possible cues to the influence of affect on…

The National Health Survey Act of 1956 provides for the establishment and continuation of a National Health Survey to obtain information about the health status of the population in the United States. The psychological component of the Survey is included to provide a more complete assessment of the health and well-being of the population. A first…

Four major areas of research into verbal development are discussed: (1) the relationships between behaviors hypothesized to be associated with one of the four major language skills, (2) the sequencing or ordering of behaviors within a skill, (3) the relationships between behaviors associated with different skills, and (4) the relationships between…

This test booklet is divided into four parts: (1) Oral Comprehension of Commands; (2) Visual Oral Comprehension; (3) Oral Comprehension of Common Verbs; and (4) Oral Questions. General instructions and teachers' instructions for grading are given in English and instructions for the student in Spanish. There are eight double pictures which are to…

Investigated whether men and women produced similar Verbal Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Performance IQ patterns following unilateral cerebral lesions. No consistent evidence of Sex X Lesioned Hemisphere interactions was found. Differences in the lateralization effects between men and women were not reflected in direction or pattern but only in…

Author-supplied item labels for two common speech discrimination tests were compared with those given spontaneously by 40 children (median age 5:5). Agreement between subjects' and authors' labels was 76.3 percent on the Word Intelligibility by Picture Identification test and 75 percent on the Northwestern University Children's Perception of…

If clearly and fully reported, verbal subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised can provide teachers with insights into a student's learning characteristics. Specific weaknesses that may be identified by each subtest are linked to their educational implications, including alternative techniques the teacher might use for…