Sets of inventory scales were constructed from a common item pool, using variants of what are here called the Inductive, Deductive, and External strategies. Peer ratings for 21 traits served as criteria. Very little variation in validity was attributable to construction strategies. (Author/CTM)

Data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 indicate that women are more likely to withdraw only in two year colleges and that whites are more likely to withdraw than blacks. High school program, college grades, and educational aspiration are significantly related to withdrawal, but receipt of financial aid is not.…

Individual items within the Knower Speech Experience Inventory were studied to discover what specific communication-related experiences distinguish effective from poor public speakers in a basic college level speech communication course. Results showed that 30 of the 48 items successfully discriminated among groups of speakers. (JF)

Examines the relationship between selected variables in the student's background and success in nursing chemistry and the relationship between the student's performance on the American Chemical Society's Cooperative Examination and the Chemistry Achievement Examination of the National League for Nursing. (CP)

While the constructs of aptitude and achievement, which are defined as genotypic and environmental constructs, are potentially useful in psychological theory and in the development of predictors, the use of these terms for psychological tests is highly misleading. Implications of this position for group differences in aptitude and construct…

The higher education needs and interests of adults were examined and four major factors that could influence decisions to participate or not participate were identified in this study. They are designated self-development goal, affective barrier, career goal, and situation barrier. (Author/LBH)

Experiences within Edinburgh's Centre for Research in the Education Sciences are cited in this discussion of the "external" determinants of success in postgraduate work (the kind of information helpful to a recruiter) and "internal" determinants (information about the intellectual life of an institution that is of potential…

The study identified biographical variables related to rehabilitation failure and success in 193 hearing-impaired young adults and ascertained whether these variables could be used in a multivariate predictive fashion to identify rehabilitation potential. (Author)

Relationships between Cattell High School Personality Questionaire Factors and the adolescent version of the Wilson-Patterson Conservatism Scale were examined in a sample of 492 teenagers. In both sexes, conservatism was significantly related to a number of personality traits, which were significantly similiar to those defined by extroversion.…

This is a follow-up study of 195 agricultural students originally tested when they entered college in 1970, now divided into discrepant and congruent samples. Discrepant subjects changed major more often but graduated at the same rate as congruents. The SVIB did not add anything to the student's expressed interests in predicting college…

This study examines the validity of high school grade point average (GPA) and of the verbal and mathematical portions of the Scholastic Aptitude Test of the College Entrance Examination Board, as predictors of college performance over an eight year period. (Author/DEP)

Examines the relationship of auditory-visual integration and reading performance in a sample of British 8 to 9 year olds. (HOD)

Discusses a study which measured responses to anomie scales across black neighborhoods. Findings indicate that American black urban ghettos include a great variety of subculturally distinct residential areas. Concludes that the most crucial variables are those which determine the relationship between neighborhoods and the citypower structure.…

University students and faculty participated in a study to determine the factors that account for college students' interest in their classes. Results showed that three factors--instructor communication, course stimulation, and course applicability explain 66 percent of the variance in interest. Student attendance and class participation were also…

Examined are the specific differences in the salary reward structures of eight clusters of academic disciplines included in Biglan's three-dimensional model of the academic profession. A total of 1,320 faculty at a large research university responded to the Faculty Activity Analysis questionnaire regarding the time spent in 11 categories of…