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Problem Solving Ability of Disadvantaged Elementary School Children Under Four Testing Formats: A Replicated Experiment
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Houtz, John C.; Feldhusen, John F. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
The authors hypothesize that the concreteness of the mode of item presentation would influence the subjects' performance on the Purdue Elementary Problem Solving Inventory. Results suggest that the variables of degree of disadvantage and ethnic background are sometimes more relevant than the mode in which the content is presented. (HMV)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Measurement Techniques
Appropriateness of the Metropolitan Tests in an Economically Deprived, Urban Neighborhood
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Hammill, Donald; Wiederholt, J. Lee – Psychology in the Schools, 1971
The appropriateness of the Metropolitan Achievement Tests for economically deprived urban children was the subject of this article. It was concluded that due to item difficulty other tests should be considered. (Author/BY)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged
Relationships Among Creativity, Intelligence, and Achievement Measures in Upward Bound Students
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Aliotti, Nicholas; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Disadvantaged, Upward Bound students (n=94) were administered a test battery of the Otis Quick-Scoring Mental Ability Test, Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, Guilford's tests of Expressional Fluency, Alternate Uses, and Consequences; and the Figural Form of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Results are discussed in relation to previous…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Creative Development, Creativity Tests, Disadvantaged Youth