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Download full textWarner, Dennis A.; Warner, Stephen J. – 1971
Thirty-three adult male employees at a chemical plant completed a Worker Opinion Questionnaire (WOQ) designed to yield a measure of worker satisfaction. The quality of their job performance was obtained by means of supervisor ratings. Eighteen of the subjects were involved in "skilled labor and fifteen in "unskilled" labor. It was hypothesized…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Job Skills, Need Gratification, Operant Conditioning
Cahen, Leonard S.; And Others – 1970
The accuracy of estimating test means for groups of twelfth-grade students by the item-sampling technique was examined. The subjects were from 35 twelfth-grade schools participating in the National Longitudinal Study of Mathematical Abilities. Half of the students in each school were assigned to a treatment condition where they took a complete…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing
Nagler, Sylvain; Hoffnung, Robert – 1971
The Children's Perceived Powerfulness Scale (CPPS) was administered to 1200 suburban elementary grade school children. At each of four grade levels, three classes were designated as High Powerful (HP) and three as Low Powerful (LP). Results indicate that children in HP classes were viewed more favorably by their teachers, obtained higher scores on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Performance Factors, Primary Education, Psychological Studies
Campbell, Roald F. – 1971
This document discusses some of the problems in and offers suggestions for the implementation of administrator evaluation. The author believes that a set of criteria for functions defined in behavioral terms is necessary for an evaluation of administrative performance and emphasizes that these criteria should be utilized at the time a potential…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection
Haney, Joanne D. Hager – 1971
The purposes of this study include: (1) determining whether socioeconomic status (SES) or verbal ability (VA) exerts greater influence on childrens' performance of Piagetian tasks; (2) devising an instrument for measuring childrens' level of cognitive development which does not depend on verbal ability alone; and (3) adapting materials for teacher…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Conservation (Concept)
Hansen, Joe B. – 1972
Ninety-eight undergraduate education majors received a battery of ability tests, measuring general reasoning, associative memory, and trait anxiety and were randomly assigned to three groups--no feedback, feedback, and learner control--for a computer-assisted instruction course on Xenograde systems (an imaginary science). Four state anxiety…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction
Fiedler, Fred E. – 1971
Empirical research shows that neither leadership training nor experience increases organizational performance. These disappointing results can be explained by the Contingency Model. This theory postulates that task motivated low esteem for the Least Preferred Coworker (LPC) leaders perform best in very favorable and unfavorable situations while…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Group Dynamics, Human Relations, Job Satisfaction
Brittain, Clay V. – 1973
A procedural variable, the use of computers to score the students' assignments, is being studied as it affects performance on correspondence courses. The format used is known as CALS-Computer Assisted Lesson Service. Courses were converted to an objective type lesson format which the student responded to using an electronically read answer sheet.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Correspondence Study
Wish, Peter A.; Hasazi, Joseph E. – 1972
The relationship of achievement-related motivational variables and subjective probability of success to curricular choice in college males was studied. When the fear of failure was greater than the need for achievement, Ss chose majors with either a low or high probability of success, regardless of how probability of success was judged. When need…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Need, Aspiration, Career Choice
Millar, Dan P. – 1972
This paper presents a screening procedure for potential teachers of speech that encourages self-appraisal and provides an opportunity for the students to remove himself from the program. The author briefly examines past efforts to predict the performance of potential teachers; reviews qualities to be looked for in effective speech teachers; and…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Counseling, Evaluation Methods, Performance Factors
Ash, Michael J.; Sattler, Howard E. – 1973
The relation between videotape-based observer judgements of attention to task and paper-and-pencil measures of academic performance was investigated in this study. Forty-five Grade 4 pupils engaged in an arithmetic computation task and were video-taped for ten consecutive school days. The tapes were then independently viewed by three observers,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention Control, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary School Mathematics
Cob, Bart B.; And Others – 1971
The study examined the interrelationships of age, aptitude measures, and training performance scores for 710 men. They ranged in age from 21 to 52 years, but less than 12% were over 40. Most of the men were former military controllers who possessed sufficient prior ATC experience to be selected for training with an exemption from a qualifying…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Correlation, Measurement Techniques
Ferguson, Edward T., Jr. – 1972
This report presents the differences in perceptions of teachers and principals regarding the elements associated with successful teaching in the inner city or suburban environment, and reveals differences in teaching patterns in those settings. State directors of vocational education, state supervisors and teacher educators of distributive…
Descriptors: Distributive Education, Educational Research, Inner City, Performance Factors
CONCANNON, SISTER J. – 1966
THE IMPACT OF TWO TREATMENTS OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES ON THE ABILITIES OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WERE STUDIED. THE LEARNING EXPERIENCES INVOLVED PRINCIPLES OF HAPTIC (TACTUAL) PERCEPTION IN THE PERFORMANCE OF VARIOUS TASKS. CHILDREN, AGES 3 THROUGH 5, FROM HIGH AND LOW ECONOMIC LEVELS WERE SELECTED AS SUBJECTS. AN ANALYSIS WAS MADE OF THEIR HAPTIC…
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Group Instruction, Individual Instruction, Kinesthetic Methods
DEEP, DONALD – 1966
A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED OF THE DIFFERENCES AMONG PUPILS OF DIFFERING ABILITY LEVELS BOTH IN PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENT. A COMPARISON OF THESE DIFFERENCES WAS THEN MADE WITH THOSE USING CONVENTIONAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS. TWENTY-THREE HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED TO DETERMINE IF SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES EXISTED AMONG LOW-, AVERAGE-, AND HIGH-ABILITY STUDENTS…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Achievement Tests, Arithmetic, Comparative Analysis
