Studied the contribution of mental speed to task performance on reasoning tasks under timed and untimed conditions for 227 participants and for 90 participants working under time conditions. Results suggest that the use of speeded reasoning tests is likely to lead to overestimates of the relation between mental speed and reasoning ability. (SLD)

Eight experienced keyboard operators typed digraphs at high speed on both standard and Dvorak keyboards in 10-second timings. The Dvorak was found to be 4% faster, a margin too small to justify a nationwide switch to this keyboard. (SK)

This article describes the use of a Dutch pyramid model that may help teachers design assessment problems that go beyond reproduction and need mathematization, generalization, and insight. (Contains 4 figures.)

For most tests administered with time limits some examinees complete all items while others do not. It is often useful to know what the distribution of items completed would be if the number of items on the test were much larger. It may also be of interest to estimate the correlation between working speed, as measured by the number of items…

This study filmed a transcription typist and analyzed the finger movements in the resulting motion picture to study how skilled motor movements are programmed and controlled. Findings indicated that a typist's finger movements usually overlapped in time, and the starting times of these movements were highly variable, even when comparing identical…

A copy of the "Survey Test in Arithmetic--Grade 3," used in the Vancouver schools, is provided. Part 1, Number Work, contains 48 items to be completed in 30 minutes; and Part 2, Problems, contains 6 items to be completed in 20 minutes. (For related document, see TM 002 476.) (DB)

The procedures and advantages of the gross speed--two percent-of-error method in scoring typewriting timed writings are presented. The method makes allowance for errors according to the number of opportunities for error. A mailing address for the typing scoring chart and further information on the method is included. (AG)

A group of 21 students was tested under a time limit considerably shorter than should have been allowed. This report describes a tryout of a method for estimating the power'' scores that would have been obtained if the students had had enough time to finish. (Author/CB)

Educators are currently exploring the expanded use of a variety of new assessment tools in the classroom in response to pressures to enhance student learning. The present study examined quick writes as a tool in the context of third-grade classroom assessment. Third-grade teachers administered the same brief writing probe before and after students…

Background: The "AMA Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services" (GAPS) recommends annual medical evaluations during adolescence, emphasizing screening and counseling regarding psychosocial issues. In Israel, seventh graders undergo medical examinations within the school health services, focusing on the detection of physical…

To evaluate test speededness and to derive implications for test program activity, this document presents an annotated bibliography on studies of test speededness. The 64 citations range from 1902 to 1976, and include the seminal articles by Cronbach and Warrington (1951) and Gulliksen (1959); articles which summarize the previous literature on…