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Conflicts and Coincidences between Views of Ability in Educational Practices and Policies: Discourse on Ability in the Late 1950s and 1960s in Japan
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Katayama, Yuki – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2022
This paper extracts the characteristics of the view of ability in educational practices during the period of rapid growth in Japan, focusing on the influence of these perceptions on the Ministry of Education's educational policies. The analysis draws on the debate about "vocational aptitude tests" and "observation guidance."…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Educational History
The Influence of Gender, Race, and Socioeconomic Status on Ability Change in Young Adults. Technical Report.
Dawis, Rene V.; Sung, Yong H. – 1984
The Ball Aptitude Battery (BAB) is a multiple ability test battery of specific work skills for use in career counseling. This study reports on ability changes by gender, race, and socioeconomic status in a BAB retest of 112 young adults four years after their initial testing. The sample consisted of 68 females and 44 males; 15 Blacks, 21…
Descriptors: Ability, Aptitude Tests, Individual Development, Longitudinal Studies
The Relationship of Participation in School Activities to Abilities and Interests in a High School Student Sample. Technical Report.
Dawis, Rene V.; Sung, Yong H. – 1984
Participation in school activities is hypothesized to be a determiner of the measured abilities and interests of high school students. The Ball Aptitude Battery (yielding 14 ability scores), Holland's (1970) self directed search interest inventory, and a biographical information blank (to obtain information about participation in 53…
Descriptors: Ability, Aptitude Tests, Correlation, Extracurricular Activities
An Empirical Investigation of Sample-Free Calibration Claim of the Rasch Model. Technical Report.
Dong, Hei-Ki; And Others – 1983
This paper examines the sample-free test calibration claim, derived from Rasch's structural model for test items, by comparing item difficulty and log ability estimates between different samples of ability levels. Three tests from the Ball Aptitude Battery--Inductive Reasoning, Paper Folding; and Vocabulary--were administered to three samples of…
Descriptors: Ability, Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Difficulty Level
Generalization and Expansion of the Ball Aptitude Battery to High School Freshmen. Technical Report.
Rengel, Elizabeth K.; And Others – 1984
The purposes of this study were to: (1) examine the psychometric properties of the Ball Aptitude Battery (BAB) on a high school freshman sample; (2) develop BAB norms for high school freshmen; (3) develop and evaluate four memory tests and a vocabulary test appropriate for freshmen; (4) examine level and structure differences for the BAB tests…
Descriptors: Ability, Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Factor Structure
Occupational Assessment Handbook.
Grisafe, John P. – 1979
This handbook contains suggested guidelines for planning and implementing an occupational assessment program and an overview of fifty-one occupational assessment instruments. The guidelines cover these topics: instrument selection and use, administration, scoring, and interpretation. Each of these reviews of occupational interest and ability…
Descriptors: Ability, Ability Identification, Adult Education, Aptitude Tests