This study was designed to: (1) compare the contribution of various categories of biographical data (biodata) to the differentiation of college attenders and nonattenders, and (2) to assess the accuracy of biodata as a predictor of collete attendance. Subjects consisted of 20,367 high school senior males who participated in the 1960 data…

Understanding the world of work is contingent upon the availability of good occupational information. Since the individual must interpret what he knows about himself in terms of his understanding of the characteristics of the world of work, it is important that the world of work be described to him in terms that make this interpretation easy. Jobs…

This study was to compare the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) and to examine the results of these tests in terms of usefulness to the vocational counselor. The population selected had a sixth grade modal reading level and a modal age between 22 and 29, and achieved the fifth grade level in…

Many community colleges have a need for a mathematics placement test which tests achievement for initial placement in the different levels of mathematics classes. Merrit College investigated this need by examining the scores of all the entering students who did not complete the mathematics section of the School and College Ability Test which they…

The relationship between the Scholastic Aptitude Test of Ontario (S.A.T.O.) administered to twelfth grade students and the College Entrance Examination Board Scholastic Aptitude Test (C.E.E.B.), of which the S.A.T.O. is a modification, was studied. Data was collected through the co-operation of the schools. The S.A.T.O. data was recorded as raw…

Improved classification and assignment of enlisted personnel is intended to bring about improved retention and job performance. The present study focused on two instruments of potential usefulness in enlisted classification, the Navy Vocational Interest Inventory (NVII) and the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB). Previous findings have shown…

Forecasts of the opportunities and requirements that will face the American labor force are presented and discussed. The emphasis is on exploring the distribution of skills, temperaments and other individual characteristics of the labor force in 1960 and to systematically, as contrasted to subjectively and impressionistically, forecast their…

This report analyzes the relationship between high school grades, American College Test (ACT) scores, and first-semester college grades. Based on the Standard Research Service of the ACT program, 1,379 students in the fall 1969 freshman class of Montgomery College (Maryland) were studied. Measures of academic background used ACT scores in English,…

Two current instructional research efforts relating to the problem of an individual student's learning and personal needs are reported. Characteristics of individualized instruction (e.g., terminal course objectives, remedial materials, measurement procedures), administrative constraints (e.g., fixed time, cost of equipment, lack of skilled…

THE OBJECTIVES WERE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES FOR ASSESSING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN SPECIFIC CLASSES, AND DEMONSTRATING THE UTILITY OF THE TRADITIONAL CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE. TWO DIFFERENT STRATEGIES WERE EMPLOYED--(1) A MULTIVARIATE CORRELATIONAL STUDY OF GRADING PRACTICES, AND (2) THE USE OF AN OBSERVER IN A WIDE…

Multiple regression analysis was employed to determine the interactive effects of student motivation, prior mathematics preparation, and instructional method on achievement in a calculus course taught in lecture and Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) formats. A significant interaction between mathematics preparation and instructional method…

Reports on methods of school assessment of student achievement in Canada. It includes a brief description of the tests that are commonly used at the intermediate level and the ways in which they are used. (Author)

According to John W. Alkinson, a University of Michigan psychologist, the recent decline in scholastic aptitude test scores may be due to overly-high motivation among students. Concerned about increased competition for college and the importance of their test performance, students may become too excited to do well. (SJL)

Investigates a method to predict best and least suited students for the ISCS instructional approach. Aptitude-treatment interactions associated with ISCS instruction and a set of aptitude, attitude, and skill factors were utilized to make and verify predictions on two dependent variables--achievement and success. (Author/GA)

Results of the present experiments on raising expectations are consistent with previous experiments in that the generalization effect, while significant, is smaller in magnitude than the direct effect. (Author)