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Nour, Payam; Esfandiari, Rajab; Zarei, Abbas Ali – Language Testing in Asia, 2021
To determine the inherent components of language learners' capacity for metamemory maturity, the researchers drafted a metamemory maturity (MMM) questionnaire based on Hultsch et al.'s (Memory self-knowledge and self-efficacy in the aged, Springer-Verlag 65-92, 1988) model. The volunteer participants were a heterogeneous sample of 356 male and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Maturity Tests, Test Construction, Test Validity
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Manuele, Caroline A. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1983
Describes the development and validation of a measure of attitudinal, cognitive, and behavioral aspects of vocational maturity for educationally and economically "disadvantaged" adults who experience delayed career development. Presents evidence for the measure's reliability, content, and construct validity, including its performance in a…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Disadvantaged, Maturity Tests
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Greenberger, Ellen; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1975
The development of The Psychosocial Maturity Inventory, an attitude inventory based on an interdisciplinary model of psychosocial maturity, is described. It is a self-report instrument comprised of nine subscales and is suited for the assessment of youngsters in the approximate age range 11-18. (Author/BJG)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis, Maturity (Individuals)
Crites, John O. – NCME Measurement in Education, 1973
Research in the field of Career Maturity is reviewed and summarized, with particular attention to Super's Career Pattern Study, Gribbons and Lohnes' Career Development Study, and Crites' Vocational Development Project. Crites' organization and revision into a hierarchical structure of the five dimensions of vocational maturity proposed in Supers'…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Greenberger, Ellen – 1976
This report summarizes the research and development activities of two Work units of the Schools and Maturity program from March 1, 1973 to November 30, 1975. The two Work Units described are (1) Theory Construction and Test Development, and (2) Validation of Psychosocial Maturity Scales. Abstracts of technical reports and journal articles…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Competence
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Shields, Lawrence – Educational Research, 1972
Results indicate that students who have attended single-sex girls' schools and then proceed to an all women's college do not make as much progress toward maturity as other college students from co-educational schools. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, College Students, Criterion Referenced Tests, Factor Analysis
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
Manzo, Anthony V.; Casale, Ula Price – 1982
A test battery termed "Assessment of Reading and Language Maturity" (ALARM) contains 15 subtests designed to cover the major and minor elements involved in assessing and promoting progress toward reading-language-thinking and social-emotional maturity. Although still undergoing development, ALARM has been administered to and partially…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Intellectual Development, Maturity Tests
Lambert, Nadine M. – 1977
Adaptive behavior is defined as the degree to which individuals are able to function and maintain themselves independently, and meet the culturally imposed demands of personal an social responsibility. In 1969, the American Association on Mental Deficiency sponsored the development of the Adaptive Behavior Scale to provide a comprehensive…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Rating Scales, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Planning
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