THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT REPORT IS FOURFOLD--(1) TO PROVE THE NEED FOR SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TESTS, (2) TO SHOW THE NEED FOR A COMMON TEST FOR A LARGE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, (3) TO SHOW THAT SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TESTS ARE PREFERABLE TO TESTS OF INTELLIGENCE, AND (4) TO DISCUSS THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH TESTS. THE REPORT IS…

This study is concerned with the problem of measuring rate of learning in individualized instructional situations, and with the relationship between rate and a number of variables. Pupil aptitude, achievement, and classroom performance were measures correlated with learning rates in six different Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI)…

The relationship between the self-concepts and certain academic, vocational, biographical, and personality variables of freshmen students was examined to provide the basis for a more scientific approach to academic-vocational counseling. The subjects completed the Self-Rating Scale, the Fascism Scale, and the Military Ideology Scale, and a student…

A report by Crawford found substantial correlations between hypnotizability and various speed-of-closure measures. An attempt to replicate these correlations on the same population of university undergraduates in the present study yielded markedly lower correlations. Nonproportional sampling techniques may have spuriously inflated the earlier…

This report reviews and synthesizes psychological and educational research on learning strategies. The report contains an overview of strategy modification; a review of factors influencing strategy selection and use (including intellectual aptitude, personality variables, cognitive style, reception preference, motivation, sex, and prior…

This bulletin lists tests and other measurement devices. It also includes publishers' catalogs and descriptive materials, information on scoring services and systems, test reviews, and reference materials on measurement and evaluation. Bulletin entries of particular interest to those working with children aged from birth to nine are preceded by a…

Two samples of undergraduates were selected to represent four types with respect to discrepancy between verbal and quantitative aptitude as measured by the New York Regents Scholarship Examination or, in some cases, the CEEB SAT examination. A group designated as V had extremely high verbal scores and very low quantitative scores; a Q group was at…

Studied was the interaction between curriculum treatment and selected aptitude variables as predictors of learning and transfer scores. Visualization ability was measured by a paper folding test; general reasoning ability was measured by the Necessary Arithmetic Operations Test. Geometry students (191) were assigned to treatment groups for two…

The object of the research reported in this paper is to prepare guidelines for methods for the more efficient education of adult students in Sweden engaged in planned programs leading to comprehensive, vocational or secondary school competence or to corresponding degrees of competence required for further vocational education. this first stage…

Research has been conducted to develop new and improved aptitude area composites based on the Army Classification Battery (ACB) test scores for use in determining assignment of enlisted input to training courses. The ACB measures were evaluated for effectiveness as predictors of final grades and performance in Army combat job assignments. Eight…

Project data is organized to provide a valid, simplified description of American adolescents which should be of use to guidance personnel. A chapter on educational achievement traits presents an overview of the factor solution for the abilities domain, and describes the compositions of the three factors that represent core achievement traits:…

This study considered the predictive power of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) for the junior college student, for whom the traditional measures of ability may not be suitable. It was designed to see if the GATB would predict GPA for first-semester freshmen in transfer and in vocational programs. Three hypotheses were tested on 203…

This paper will outline some of the ways in which the language of the test instrument can be a factor in affecting the performance of a given child or group of children on a test. In tests of quantitative intelligence, mathematical skills, conceptual knowledge, readiness and aptitude, it is not reasonable to think of the language of the test as a…

The purpose of this study was to investigate interrelationships among methods of selecting underachievers. Subjects were white male sixth grades. Separate analyses were made for four samples: (1) random sample of 100 students, (2) sample of 50 students with IQ's below 90, (3) sample of 50 students with IQ's from 90 through 110, and (4) sample of…

The purpose of this study was to provide teachers of English with an historical examination of the attitudes, misconceptions, and assumptions about poorly performing students which were made by the predecessors of present teachers of English and which may still be made by contemporary English teachers. A one hundred year period from 1825 to 1925…