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Peer reviewedQuattrocchi, Mary M.; Golden, Charles J. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1983
The relationship between scores on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) and Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery for Children was examined utilizing 86 normal children, including 55 females and 31 males from middle-class families. Significant relationships were predicted between the PPVT-R and the receptive scale on the…
Descriptors: Ability, Correlation, Educational Diagnosis, Intelligence Tests
Peer reviewedGreeley, Nansee; Offerman, Theresa Reardon – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1997
Features articles about physical therapy and its history as related to geometry through measurement of body angles. Includes open-ended worksheets for mathematics activities that introduce students to angle measurement, data analysis, and mathematical tools. Activities include: (1) Making Your Own Goniometer; (2) Range of Motion; (3) Active versus…
Descriptors: Correlation, Geometry, Instructional Materials, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedFoley, Regina M.; Epstein, Michael – Behavioral Disorders, 1992
Measures of survival skills, locus of control, study skills, achievement test scores, and grade point average for 86 students (ages 11-15) with behavioral disorders were analyzed to identify the correlates and predictors of their academic achievement. Overall, student achievement test performance was correlated with organizational skills and an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Behavior Disorders, Correlation
California Univ., Berkeley. Lawrence Hall of Science. – 1994
EQUALS is a teacher education program that helps educators acquire methods and materials to attract minority and female students to mathematics. The Investigations Units, of which this document is an example, provide ideas and materials for middle schools. This unit is primarily about displaying data using number-line plots and scatter plots and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedRiggs, Iris M.; Enochs, Larry G. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1993
Describes the development and validation of the Microcomputer Beliefs Inventory (MBI) that was designed to measure the self-efficacy and outcome expectancy beliefs of middle school students in grades six, seven, and eight toward computers. Results are compared by grade level and gender, and uses of the MBI are suggested. (nine references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Beliefs, Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy
Matthews, Doris B.; O'Tuel, Frances
To determine the effects of planned career development activities on middle school children, 135 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students from predominantly black middle class families were divided into two groups (experimental and control) and pre-tested using the attitude scale and competency subtests (problem solving, planning, occupational…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Attitude Measures, Attitudes
