Authors discovered significant correlations between couse ratings and variables representing commitment and course-end attitudes toward the course; conclusions suggested steps an instructor might take to improve his ratings.'' (Authors)

Results show that the Drake Music Memory Test should be able to discriminate between the poorest and strongest prospects for success in profiting from musical instruction, although it may not be particularly useful in individual counseling. (Authors)

The investigation provided no evidence that a diagnosis of minimal brain dysfunction based on a pediatric neurological evaluation and/or visual-motor impairment as measured by the Bender-Gestalt, is a useful predictor of academic achievement. (Author)

This study was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ed.D. degree at Teachers College, Columbia University.

A procedure for inferring the validity of a selection test as a predictor of some criterion when the available data are limited due to prior selection is described. (Author/JKS)

The construct and predictive validity of adaptive behavior was investigated using a multitrait multimethod analysis with 66 mentally retarded institutionalized persons. Adaptive behavior had high convergent validity and low discriminant validity and predicted MA program placement better than did MA, suggesting that adaptive behavior scores could…

Critically examines articles by Goodall and Phillips (EJ 246 871 and 254 905). Argues that science is a part of a critical approach to knowledge and that attempts to divorce science from criticism mystify the reader by misidentifying issues facing the emerging social science of communication. (PD)