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Peer reviewedJacobs, Stanley S. – Research in Higher Education, 1995
Comparison of college freshman performance on two different forms of the California Critical Thinking Skills Test (n=684, 692) found a lack of equivalence between forms and low internal consistency reliability. It is suggested that, although the test may be useful for research, it is not appropriate for decision making about individual students.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking, Educational Research
Peer reviewedAdams, Cheryll M.; Callahan, Carolyn M. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1995
The Diet Cola Test was designed as a process assessment of science aptitude in intermediate grade students. Investigations of the instrument's reliability and validity indicated that data did not support use of the instrument for identifying individual students' aptitude. However, results suggested the test's appropriateness for evaluating…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making
Nicholson, Charles L. – Diagnostique, 1990
The Matrix Analogies Test measures nonverbal ability of handicapped and nonhandicapped children, ages 5-17, in a culture-fair fashion. It assesses pattern completion, reasoning by analogy, serial reasoning, and spatial visualization, with a short form available as a screening instrument. This paper describes the test's administration, format,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Culture Fair Tests, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Lee, Steven W. – Diagnostique, 1990
The Cognitive Levels Test, for use with ages 5-21, is designed as a quick cognitive assessment instrument with 4 subdomains: verbal reasoning, abstract reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and memory. This paper describes the test's administration, summation of data, standardization, reliability, and validity. (JDD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Elementary Secondary Education
Sabatino, David A. – Diagnostique, 1990
The Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale measures four areas of cognitive abilities (verbal reasoning, abstract/visual reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and short-term memory), providing a continuous scale for appraising cognitive development from age two to adult. This paper describes the test's administration, standardization, reliability, and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adults, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests
Peer reviewedGreenan, James P.; Jarwan, Fathi A. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1992
This study focused on the validation of Generalizable Reasoning Skills assessment instruments with students with disabilities in secondary vocational programs. Results indicated that student self-ratings, teacher ratings, and a performance test were internally consistent and precise measures of reasoning skills for some uses but that most…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Generalization
Download full textBol, Linda; And Others – 1995
The Study Activity Questionnaire (SAQ) was administered to 83 college students who were enrolled in either an introductory research methods course or an introductory statistics course in the college of education at one university. At the beginning of the term the students completed the SAQ with reference to how they typically studied (pretest),…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Correlation, Course Content
