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Download full textBehr, Merlyn J.; Eastman, Phillip M. – 1975
Two scales designed to measure cognitive preferences were constructed; this study was designed to validate these scales, and to investigate the relationship between instruction and cognitive preference. Items for both scales had elementary mathematics content. One scale was intended to measure deductive-inductive preference, the other…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Measurement, Deduction, Elementary School Teachers
Clements, William H. – 1973
The Miller Analogies Test, speeded and somewhat powerized, is a highly verbal test that calls for analogies using words drawn from various academic disciplines. It has been given since 1961 to those who requested it and to all those who proceeded through the Master's program at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. Of 821 students who took…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Comparative Analysis, Degrees (Academic), Graduate Students
Gourdeau, R., Ed. – 1970
The document contains the papers presented at the 5th Congress of the World Federation of Hemophilia in Montreal in 1968. Seven papers concern specific therapy of hemophilia, five papers treat nonspecific forms of therapy, seven papers deal with prophylaxis and complications in hemophilia, seven others deal with orthopedic and other surgical…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Cardiovascular System, Conference Reports, Exceptional Child Research
Nebeker, W. Denton – 1968
The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of implementing a special adult degree program in liberal studies at the Brigham Young University, similar to the Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree offered at the University of Oklahoma. The research involved two separate nationwide surveys to determine the need, interest level, and…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Admission Criteria, Adult Students, Doctoral Dissertations
Kingsley, G. Gordon, Ed. – 1969
An eight year followup study of 300 randomly selected newly-registered students at the General College of the University of Minnesota is presented. The aim of the study was to determine the worth to student and taxpayer of extending higher education to those of lower-than-average college abilities. Interviews concerning academic abilities,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, College Freshmen, College Students
Weis, Susan F.; Hubbard, Constance F. – 1974
Recent efforts toward career education and the rise in occupationally oriented programs on the secondary and postsecondary level encourage a close examination of the nature of the relationship between people and their vocations. A 74 item device, the Vocational Commitment Index was developed to assess this relationship. Based upon a theoretically…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Individual Characteristics, Job Satisfaction
Test Service Bulletin, 1955
A second follow-up of students in five cities in 1947 who had taken the Differential Aptitude Tests is reported. Questionnaires were sent out to 2,386 individuals, and replies were received from 1,430. Their Differential Aptitude Test scores were converted to standard scores with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10, based upon the original…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Choice, Educational Experience, Followup Studies
Corman, Louise; Budoff, Milton – 1973
The purposes of the study to determine psychometric characteristics of the Series Learning Potential Test, the effects of Learning Potential training on Series scores, and the relationship of Series scores to IQ, race, social class, and reading achievement. The Series Test was administered to students in 79 classrooms in five Connecticut towns…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Elementary School Students, Evaluation Methods, Intelligence Differences
Thomas, Patricia J. – 1970
Since personnelmen (PNs) represent a major point of contact between the Navy and its enlisted men, the attitude a PN projects while performing his duties is believed to have an effect on his servicemen clients' satisfaction with the Navy and subsequent re-enlistment decisions. Because all rated servicemen must attend "A" school,…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Attitudes, Enlisted Personnel, Evaluation
Guinn, Nancy; And Others – 1970
The study explored relationships between aptitude test composites and final school grades in Air Force technical training for various cultural subgroups based on race, educational level, and geographical area of enlistment. Regressions of final school grade on an aptitude index were compared for the different subgroups in ten samples of technical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Bibliographies, Blacks, Educational Background
Angoff, William H.; Ford, Susan F. – 1971
Several samples of Black and White students were drawn from the 1970 PSAT administration in Georgia and studied for item x race interaction on both the verbal and mathematical sections of the test. When subsamples of candidates were drawn from their respective racial groups, matched on mathematical for the study of verbal items and matched on…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Black Students, Item Analysis, Mathematics
DuCette, Joseph; Wolk, Stephen – 1971
The question of an interaction over time between ability grouping and personality variables was the focus of the present study which examined pertinent data from 260 female high school students. Two standardized personality instruments, in addition to several scales designed by the E's, were administered to students of the upper and lower ability…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1954
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Assembly (Manufacturing), Career Guidance, Evaluation Criteria
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1969
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Evaluation Criteria, Job Applicants
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1950
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Bookkeeping, Career Guidance, Evaluation Criteria
