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| CUMMINS, EMERY J. | 2 |
| PALOMARES, UVALDO H. | 2 |
| Hansen, James C. | 1 |
| Maynard, Peter E. | 1 |
| Meyer, William J. | 1 |
| Ogston, D. G. | 1 |
| Reed, Linda | 1 |
| Swassing, R.H. | 1 |
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Maynard, Peter E.; Hansen, James C. – J Counseling Psychol, 1970
This study investigates the efficacy of the Vocational Development Inventory in measuring the vocational maturity of inner city boys. Intelligence test results were converted to standardized T scores. Mean vocational maturity scores indicate large differences which disappear when intelligence is controlled by analysis of convariance. A variety of…
Descriptors: Career Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests
Download full textNational Center for Health Statistics (DHEW/PHS), Hyattsville, MD. – 1974
This report gives estimates of the intellectual maturity based on the Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test (GHDT). The data were collected in Cycle III of the Health Examination Survey of noninstitutionalized U.S. youths during 1966-70. The GHDT instructions were modified for use in the survey to require each youth to draw two figures--a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests
Peer reviewedOgston, D. G. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1973
The purpose of the present report was to evaluate, through a critical review of the relevant literature, the technical characteristics of intellective tests which were in frequent use in Alberta elementary schools. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Schools, Intelligence Tests, Maturity Tests
Reed, Linda – 1970
The present study related achievement motivation and the degree of responsibility attributed to the self for success and failure to school achievement. A children's achievement motivation scale and Crandall's Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire were administered to elementary school children. Achievers and underachievers were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, High Achievement, Intelligence Tests
Meyer, William J. – 1972
A scale to identify important behaviors in preschool children was developed, and ratings were related to more traditional indices of development and academic readiness. Teacher interviews were used to identify 62 specific behaviors related to maximally adapted and maximally maladapted kindergarten children. These were incorporated into a…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Behavior Rating Scales, Intelligence Tests, Kindergarten Children
Swassing, R.H. – 1969
To compile a list of evaluation instruments, the fiscal 1968 end-of-year reports of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VI-A activities from 50 states and six territories and a random selection of end-of-year reports of Public Law (PL) 89-313 activities were analyzed and compared for the instruments which had been used. Title VI-A…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Auditory Tests, Behavior Rating Scales
CUMMINS, EMERY J.; PALOMARES, UVALDO H. – 1968
MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS FROM 13 GRADE LEVELS WITHIN THE WASCO, CALIFORNIA, PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE TESTED IN MARCH, 1967, AS PART OF AN EVALUATION OF STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF RURAL MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA. ANALYSIS OF TEST RESULTS REVEALED THAT MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS FELL PROGRESSIVELY BEHIND IN PERCEPTUAL MOTOR DEVELOPMENT--A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Methods
New York Univ., NY. Inst. for Developmental Studies. – 1965
The tests described in this index are used by the Institute for Developmental Studies in its principal areas of research and do not include recently developed tests. The research at the Institute is concerned with (1) the relationship of differing environments to language development, (2) classroom communication between teachers and children of…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Tests, Behavior Rating Scales, Child Development
CUMMINS, EMERY J.; PALOMARES, UVALDO H. – 1968
MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS FROM 8 GRADE LEVELS WITHIN THE SAN YSIDRO, CALIFORNIA, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE TESTED IN JUNE, 1967, AS PART OF AN EVALUATION OF THE RURAL MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT POPULATION IN CALIFORNIA. ANALYSIS OF TEST RESULTS REVEALED THAT MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS FELL PROGRESSIVELY BEHIND IN PERCEPTUAL MOTOR DEVELOPMENT--A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Methods
