Describes the individualized testing system and the impact of this practice on grade inflation of a biology course for nonmajors at Oral Roberts University, Tuba, Oklahoma. A course description, and discussion of results of 1,512 students who took the course over an eight-semester period are presented. (HM)

Examines whether the degree of facilitating and debilitating test anxiety is different for students who volunteer for test anxiety desensitization workshops than it is for the general college population, whether test anxiety in urban community college students is correlated, and whether either or both of the AAT scales are predictive of student…

Two studies compared results for students from "modern" and "traditional" mathematical backgrounds on industrial selection tests employed by many industries for recruitment purposes. There were no significant differences in overall performance, nor did inclination toward or away from a technical career in industry seem to…

An art teacher uses some inexpensive instructional materials to teach his students awareness of the "built environment" and what its influence is on the natural environment. At the same time, he explores spatial relationships with his elementary class. (RK)

There are numerous examples of misinformation which are often taken for granted by individuals involved in the education of Indian children. Lists the author's perception of eight of the most prevalent general myths. (Author/RK)

The educational journal "Forum" today publishes a special number on "non-streaming". Here is a reprint from "Forum" on mathematics and mixed-ability grouping by a man who has been a Leicestershire head teacher/principal for the last twenty years. (Editor/RK)

An education reporter who took a leave of absence to observe competency-based education writes about his findings, which include both support and criticism of competency-based programs. (MF)

Describes several approaches to instructional evaluation for engineering teachers, including a simplified illustration of item analysis. (SL)

Some of the approaches employed to reduce students' test anxiety are briefly reviewed and attention is focused upon the use of hypnosis. A one-to-one therapeutic approach using hypnosis as a technique is outlined and the feasibility of its extension to group treatment is explored in an experimental context. (Editor)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Zax Information Profile (ZIP), a measure of general fund of knowledge, in differentiating college dropouts from continuing students. (MB)

This research studied the relation between mastery of the words "and" and "or" and performance on the conjunctive and disjunctive tasks. A definition test was used to measure level of mastery of the linguistic terms and a traditional logical test to measure logical task performance. Results are related with ability to solve logical tasks.…

Data from the application of word reading, letter recognition, memory and classification tasks to preschool children suggest that word learning ability is more closely tied to cognitive development than is alphabet knowledge and that reading readiness assessment might profit from applying a word learning task. (MB)

Examines the benefits of frequent testing, some recent variations of frequent testing, and attempts to extract whatever generalizations appear to emerge from the evidence provided by the review of the studies. (Author/RK)

Suggests some practical testing skills needed by the classroom teacher. (Author/RK)

The Religious Education Outcomes Inventory includes two components: 1) the religious knowledge level reporting both individual and class profiles, and 2) the confidential attitude measure which links religious knowledge with attitudes and practices. The program's main use is to help local staffs monitor the effectiveness of their religious…