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Denton, Jon J.; And Others – 1981
This study investigated the relationship between the academic background of student teachers and the performance of their students in a secondary school field site. Three assessment models were used to determine the following: (1) whether student academic performance is influenced by the teaching field of the student teacher; (2) whether the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Course Content, Grade Point Average
Webb, Noreen M.; Cullian, Linda K. – 1981
Most research on small group learning has focused on achievement, but few studies have systematically investigated the effects of group processes on achievement, or the influences of individual aptitudes and group composition on group processes. To investigate the relationship between student aptitudes, group process, and achievement in…
Descriptors: Achievement, Aptitude, Group Dynamics, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1978
Results of a survey using a criterion referenced test of reading comprehension for a large sample of sixth and eleventh grade students throughout Texas are reported in detail. Details of the sampling design and of the test development are reported elsewhere. Results are reported in terms of the percent of students correctly answering three out of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavioral Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Matuszek, Paula; Haskin, Christine – 1978
The relationships of various different variables which had been used to define socio-economic status (SES) to achievement for second- and fifth-grade students were examined. Interviews were conducted with 533 parents across the Austin Independent School District to obtain information on job status, age, income, education, attitude toward…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Black Students, Community Surveys
Holley, Freda M. – 1976
To explain the discrepancy between median scores on the 1976 administration of the California Achievement Tests (CAT) and the Sequential Tests of Educational Progress (STEP) in the Austin Independent School District (AISD), ten technical variables typical of achievement tests were considered as explanations. (1) The STEP may measure different…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum
Quinn, Robert P. – 1977
This appendix to the final report of a study on effectiveness in work roles contains nine methodological appendixes that provide the technical details of the measures used in the five-year study. (CE 016 655 is the final report.) Appendixes A and B are reproductions of the interview schedules for phases 1 and 2 and appendixes C and D reproduce the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Evaluation Methods
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1978
Citizenship test items developed by the National Assessment of Educational Progress were administered to a large sample of 9, 13, and 17-year old students, as part of the Texas Assessment Project. The knowledge and attitudes assessed fell into three categories: (1) political knowledge: constitutional rights, governmental structure, governmental…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Citizenship, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
California Univ., Berkeley. – 1978
In a study of California's high school class of 1975, the rate at which students in different ethnic and economic groups attained eligibility within institutions of the California state college and university system (CSUS) was examined. Responses were received from 4,131 graduates, about two-thirds of the mailing sample. Results of the survey…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Cohort Analysis, College Choice
MEYER, DONALD E.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF SIMULATOR TRAINING TO CRITERION PROFICIENCY UPON TIME REQUIRED IN THE AIRCRAFT. DATA WERE ALSO COLLECTED ON PROFICIENCY LEVELS ATTAINED, SELF-CONFIDENCE LEVELS, INDIVIDUAL ESTIMATES OF CAPABILITY, AND SOURCES FROM WHICH THAT CAPABILITY WAS DERIVED. SUBJECTS FOR THE EXPERIMENT--48 AIRLINE…
Descriptors: Classes (Groups of Students), Criteria, Electronic Equipment, Experimental Groups
WARREN, RICHARD D.; AND OTHERS – 1966
AN EXPERIMENTAL ACTION AND RESEARCH PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED DURING 1960-64 BY THE IOWA AGRICULTURAL AND HOME ECONOMICS EXPERIMENT STATION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, TO DETERMINE THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR GENERAL MANAGERS OF LOCAL RETAIL FARM SUPPLY RETAIL BUSINESSES DEALING IN FERTILIZER AND…
Descriptors: Administration, Agricultural Supply Occupations, Analysis of Variance, Attitudes
GLOVER, J.H. – 1966
THE CHIEF OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY OF SPEED-SKILL ACQUISITION WAS TO FIND A MATHEMATICAL MODEL CAPABLE OF SIMPLE GRAPHIC INTERPRETATION FOR INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AND PRODUCTION SCHEDULING AT THE SHOP FLOOR LEVEL. STUDIES OF MIDDLE SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN MACHINE AND VEHICLE ASSEMBLY, AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION, SPOOLMAKING AND THE MACHINING OF PARTS CONFIRMED…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Industrial Training, Job Skills, Learning Plateaus
Hogan, Joyce C. – 1980
Personnel selection processes for physically demanding jobs often discriminate against women, minorities, and handicapped individuals. Developing and validating job-related performance tests requires the assessment of the physical demands of a job and of the same physical capabilities in individuals. Job analysis is a systematic assessment…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Criterion Referenced Tests, Employment Qualifications, Human Factors Engineering
Canney, George; Winograd, Peter – 1979
Advancing the thesis that a student develops a schema for reading in the same manner as schemata for other classes of things, events, and situations are developed, this paper contends that knowledge of "what reading is" should have a potent influence on how and when a person utilizes reading skills and strategies to extract information…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Educational Theories
HAYMAN, JOHN L., JR.; AND OTHERS – 1964
DURING THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE PROJECT, PARENTS OF FIFTH-GRADE SPANISH STUDENTS WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE BY VIEWING THE TELEVISED INSTRUCTION WITH THE CHILD, PRACTICING SPANISH WITH HIM AT HOME, AND USING THE PARENT GUIDEBOOK AND PHONOGRAPH RECORD PROVIDED FOR THE COURSE. THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN OF PARENT PARTICIPANTS ON…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Demography, Educational Television, Family Influence
BECK, ESTHER LILY – 1963
AN ANALYSIS OF FACTORS THAT HINDERED OR IMPEDED THE OCCUPATIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF COLLEGE WOMEN WERE GROUPED AROUND THE FOUR AREAS OF PERSONAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS, CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSITIONS HELD BY THE WOMEN, BUSINESS POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF EMPLOYING FIRMS, AND POINTS OF VIEW EXPRESSED BY THE WOMEN ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES. DATA…
Descriptors: Business, Business Education, College Graduates, Doctoral Dissertations
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