Those of us who are committed to the pedagogical enterprise are called upon to re-examine, clarify, and perhaps justify the presuppositions, methods, and goals that provide the framework within which education and development are carried on. Recent publications by several writers have reintroduced notions that demand critical examination,…

It has been said that the heritability of learning ability or of intelligence is irrelevant to teachability. In support of this statement we see it pointed out that a child or a group of children show some response to training, and this is held up as evidence against the heritability of intelligence or learning ability. Most estimates of the…

The objectives of a three-year comprehensive aerospace education program at Kenston High School, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, funded under Title III ESEA, were to provide marketable skills for non-College-bound students as well as counseling for the student planning on college or technical school education in the aviation field. Students also were taught…

Racial factors in personnel selection procedures and the performance of racial and socio-economic groups on a testing instrument widely used in personnel selection and in public schools are discussed. The study questions whether individual test items are relatively easier for one racial group than for another, and whether there is a relationship…

The authors argue against the current view of task analysis which assumes that learning is a univariant process. They feel that learning is a multivariant process and that task analysis should also take into consideration an analysis of the learning task, the cognitive processes which affect the acquisition of the learning task, and the learner's…

The inventory, consisting of 100 multiple-choice items, was developed to assess four areas of a student's knowledge of art and art education: art materials and processes; the history of art; art theory and criticism; and art education theories and practices. Administration takes thirty minutes, standard IBM answer sheets are used, and either hand…

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…

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…

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…

The Test Collection Bulletin is a bi-monthly digest of information on tests in education and psychology. The extensive Test Collection of the Educational Testing Service includes publishers' catalogs and descriptive materials, information on scoring services and systems, test reviews, and reference volumes on testing. The tests are indexed by…

The Test Collection Bulletin is a bi-monthly digest of information on tests in education and psychology. The extensive Test Collection of the Educational Testing Service includes publishers' catalog and descriptive materials, information on scoring services and systems, test reviews, and reference volumes on testing. The tests are indexed by…

The Test Collection Bulletin is a quarterly digest of information on tests in education and psychology. The extensive Test Collection of the Educational Testing Service includes publishers' catalogs and descriptive materials, information on scoring services and systems, test reviews, and reference volumes on testing. The tests are indexed by…

The Test Collection of the Educational Testing Service is an extensive library of standardized tests, record and report forms, and assessment devices. It also includes publishers' catalogs and descriptive materials, information on scoring services and systems, test reviews and reference volumes on measurement and evaluation. A special Head Start…

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…

Two visual monitoring tasks were used to further knowledge of the interactions between individual differences and task demands as determinants of performance and satisfaction. The subjects, 100 male university students, completed pre- and post-test batteries to assess general and specific abilities, personality variables, work orientation,…