Gumpgookies is an objective-projective test of motivation to achieve in school, intended for children in an age range of three and a half to eight or possibly nine. (Authors)

The results support the use of the FCGI as a research tool; the assurance that responses will not affect incarceration generally results in truthful responding. Under conditions where such assurance could not be given, scores should be interpreted cautiously since subjects may then have reason to falsify responses. (Author)

Gumpgookies, which was administered in this study, is a test of motivation to achieve in school. (CB)

Responses on both the state and trait scales of the State-Trait Anxiety (STAI) Inventory were examined under two conditions. The first condition presented a simulated real-life situation containing competitive and evaluative cues without directly suggesting faking and asked subjects to complete the STAI. After an intervening task, the STAI was…

After taking a personality test, subjects reported their reactions to being tested. Reactions were diverse, even in the same subject. Free responses to 10 questions were coded into 16 categories within five broad groups. Desire for information about the test and about self, and criticism of testing were very prevalent; criticisms of self and…

The development of a series of parallel single-topic tests for testing attainment of 14 objectives concerned with inquiry skill in biology is discussed. The series of eight two-part tests are called "Explorations in Biology" (EIB). (CK)

Monte Carlo simulation procedures were used to study the psychometric characteristics of two two-stage adaptive tests and a conventional "peaked" ability test. Results showed that scores yielded by both two-stage tests better reflected the normal distribution of underlying ability. Ability estimates yielded by one of the two stage tests…

This study discusses the National Assessment of Educational Progress's national survey of educational achievement in art and demonstrates that it is feasible to evaluate children's drawings obtained with free response assessment techniques. Four art production exercises, each calling for pencil drawing responses, were administered during 1974-1975…

The object of this research was to develop a measure of motivation of elementary school children to predict academic achievement independent of intelligence. Three basic steps were proposed to analyze data from approximately200 Black children. These steps were: l) operational (content) analysis of two free response measures, resulting in a coder's…

In a comparative evaluation of a standard true-false format for personality assessment and a forced-choice format, subjects from college residential units were assigned randomly to respond either to the forced-choice or standard true-false form of the Personality Research Form (PRF). All subjects also rated themselves and the members of their…