A study examined the relationship between writing ability and grades received in freshman English courses. Other variables examined in the study were year in college, major teaching area, remedial English courses taken, advanced placement in English courses, sex of the student, and cumulative grade point average. The subjects were 92 education…

The effects of applying different methods of determining different sets of subscore weights on the composite score ranking of examinees were investigated. Four sets of subscore weights were applied to each of three examination results. The scores were from Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations in History of Art, Spanish Language, and Chemistry. One…

The objective of this paper is to examine the relationship between the unreliability of difference scores and the power of tests of significance in an attempt to determine the validity of the paradox for the measurement of change presented by Overall and Woodward: that the power of tests of significance is maximum when the reliability of the…

This report summarizes the findings of a Unesco-sponsored study designed to identify quantitative relationships between mass communication and economic growth in the Federal Republic of Germany. The first and second sections of the report outline the most important economic and social lines of development in Germany from the end of the nineteenth…

The role of attributions in achievement situations is examined, as well as whether attributions can be altered by the implementation of specified instructional conditions. One hundred eighty nine students from four campuses of a city consolidated community college system were divided into two groups and taught over an 18-week semester by: (1)…

Although research suggests that marital communication is causally related to marital satisfaction, the processes by which marital communication style affects marital relationships have not been identified. These communication styles (conventional, speculative, controlling, contactful) are based on the degrees of self-disclosure and openness to the…

Several aspects of unplanned system change in schools are investigated in this paper. Researchers relied heavily on current theoretical perspectives on the nature of educational systems, particularly those that emphasize the "loosely coupled" nature of educational organizations. Two hypotheses were tested. The first is that natural…

Path analysis is presented as a technique that can be used to test on a priori model based on a theoretical conceptualization involving a network of selected variables. This being an introductory source, no previous knowledge of path analysis is assumed, although some understanding of the fundamentals of multiple regression analysis might be…

THE SELECTION OF ANY INDEX AS A STANDARD OF EFFECTIVE COUNSELOR PERFORMANCE INVOLVES A JUDGMENT ABOUT WHAT A GOOD COUNSELOR DOES. HOWEVER, INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS WHO USE DIFFERENT PREMISES TO DECIDE WHAT IS RELEVANT TO SUCCESS MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHETHER SPECIFIC PROCEDURES OR PRACTICES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DESIRABLE COUNSELOR BEHAVIOR.…

THIS STUDY EXAMINED THE JOB SATISFACTIONS OF REHABILITATION COUNSELORS USING A SAMPLE OF 143 COUNSELORS FROM SIX "DVR" (STATE-FEDERAL GENERAL VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM) AGENCIES. A REVISED FORM OF THE JOB SATISFACTION INVENTORY, ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY JOHNSON (1955), ASSESSING SATISFACTIONS WITH EIGHT DIMENSIONS OF THE JOB…

A WORKING MODEL CAPABLE OF RANKING INDIVIDUALS IN A RANDOM SAMPLE FROM A MULTIVARIATE POPULATION BY SOME CRITERION OF INTEREST WAS DEVELOPED. THE MULTIPLE CORRELATION COEFFICIENT OF RANKS WITH MEASURED VARIATES AS A STATISTIC IN TESTING WHETHER RANKS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MEASUREMENTS WAS EMPLOYED AND DUBBED "QUASI-RANK MULTIPLE CORRELATION…

This paper addresses four issues in the design and execution of behavioral observation in classrooms. These four issues relate to the consequences of using different observation intervals, schedules of observation, student sampling methods, and definitions of on-task and off-task behavior for reliability, means, and correlations of time on-task…

In an attempt to improve the correlation between teacher ratings and self-concept scores, the McDaniel-Piers Young Children's Self Concept Scale, used by McDaniel and Leddick (l978), was revised to more adequately measure a single dimension of self-concept. A 20 item Teacher's Estimate Form (TEF) was developed on which teachers rated children on…

Twenty second grade students were tested to determine the possible relationships between concrete operations and reading and between cognitive clarity and reading achievement. The subjects performed six Piagetian conservation tasks and four tasks on cognitive clarity. Reading achievement was based on student records. The data on the relationship…

This technical project report provides the National Science Foundation with information regarding the substantive achievements of the Social Science Education Consortium's project QUESST (Quantitative Understanding To Enhance Social Science Teaching). The report begins with a discussion of materials development and project publicity. Thirty-three…