This paper explores the problems of recruiting the most qualified individuals to the teaching profession. Part 1 discusses the premise that supply and demand in teacher education are subject to the market forces that influence career choices in other fields. An analysis is given of how those fluctuations operate to reduce the intellectual quality…

An observation guide for the identification of intellectually advanced preschool children was developed by adapting characteristics illustrated in the literature for older children. The 46 descriptive characteristics included in the guide were categorized in terms of three general sets: general ability, task commitment, and creativity. Teachers…

The influence of two sources of individual differences in acquiring knowledge from maps was studied: abilities and learning procedures. Twenty-five undergraduate students provided verbal protocols while attempting to learn two maps, and six effective learning procedures were identified: partitioning, imagery, memory-directed sampling, pattern…

Evidence suggests that victims of mathematics anxiety suffer from a poor self-concept regarding their mathematical ability. A 27-item attitude scale was developed reflecting attitude toward one's ability to learn mathematics. This scale was administered to 92 students taking a required statistics course, along with the Mathematics Anxiety Rating…

This report documents a computer program for simulation evaluation of item response theory (IRT) ability estimators. This Honeywell DPS version is a very slight modification of the program originally developed in FORTRAN-77 on a DEC VAX 11/780. The model of the world simulated by the program involves a unidimensional test in which the probability…

To be an effective counselor, it is important to be familiar with job requirements, evaluate a student's school work but also look outside the class to his ability on the job, and be aware that time spent in any honorable field of endeavor will only enrich the total person. (AG)

IQ correlated moderately with achievement. In general, diagnostic teaching exceeded IQ in predictive effectiveness. (Author/BJG)

To investigate questions concerning relationships among students' cognitive processes, aptitudes, later achievement and attitudes, and direct instruction, fifth- and sixth-grade students (N=72) were randomly assigned to one of six classes using a factorial assignment of ability level crossed with attitude. The questions addressed were: (1) What…

Performance contracting offers advantages over traditional grading in that it provides for individualization of instruction, provides for measureable goals and objectives, and allows for individual growth rates. Two methods of performance contracting are possible; the first type calls for the student to determine what grade they desire for the…

Since one aim of Newfoundland's resettlement program is to provide better schools and more highly qualified teachers, abilities of 152 children resettled at a reception center in Arnold's Cove were tested in 1971 to see if they differed from those of children native to the community. Tests used for students in grades 2-11 were the Standard…

Simultaneous maximum likelihood procedures were used to investigate the generality of ability factor structure in adulthood and old age. Data were analyzed for 198 subjects aged 15-32; 173 subjects aged 51-67; and 153 subjects aged 68-83. Variables were 14 ability tests marking five cognitive factors: verbal comprehension, number facility,…

An extension of the methods of path analysis to include studies of categorical data was described and exemplified in a causal study of college dropouts. The usual models and methods of causal (path) analysis were designed for the study of quantitative variables and are not appropriate when the variables under investigation are categorical.…

GOAL OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ASSESS THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN AUDITORY AND VISUAL STIMULI PRESENTED BY EDUCATIONAL TV. SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ASKED WHETHER VISUAL REINFORCEMENT, CONTINUITY, AND MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES INCREASE MASTERY OF SCIENCE INFORMATION BY FIFTH GRADERS. 72 TV LESSONS IN 9 AREAS OF SCIENCE, VARYING COMBINATIONS OF THE 3 TECHNIQUES AT…

THE STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE DEGREE OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF STUDENTS OF AVERAGE ABILITY WHO ENROLLED AS FRESHMEN IN A CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGE DURING AN 11-YEAR PERIOD. THE SUBJECTS WERE THOSE WHO (1) SCORED IN THE MIDDLE 20 PERCENT OF NATIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE NORMS ON A COLLEGE APTITUDE TEST AND (2) EARNED IQ SCORES FROM 90 TO 110 ON…