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Serednesky, George E.; And Others – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1974
This paper reports on a study that suggests that the combination of counseling and prescreening may reduce the vocational training dropout rate to a greater extent than prescreening alone. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Behavioral Science Research, Career Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness
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Yoder, Vance A. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1972
This investigation showed the Test of Musicality to be especially valuable in distinguishing music majors from nonmusic majors. It is questionable, though, whether the test is actually a measure of music aptitude or potential; rather, a strong case could be made for the test's being an achievement measure. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement, Aptitude Tests, College Students, Majors (Students)
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Masters, George D. – Reading Horizons, 1973
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Elementary Education, Reading Skills
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Smith, Philip A.; Marx, Ronald W. – Psychology in the Schools, 1971
The revised ITPA promises to have continued wide application. It successfully measures general linguistic ability and intelligence, and to a limited extent it successfully measures aspects of cognitive ability. However, it fails to measure many of the cognitive domains that it was designed to measure. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Factor Analysis, Psycholinguistics
Borgatta, Edgar F.; Bohrnstedt, George W. – Educ Psychol Meas, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, College Students, Predictive Validity
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Young, William T. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1971
The tests of the study showed music achievement to be of two types. One is related to musical abilities, the other to extramusical influences. (MF)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Intelligence
Roberts, Dennis M. – Orbit, 1970
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, College Admission
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Phillips, David – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1982
Reports on research project under auspices of the Oxford Educational Research Group to develop a German aptitude test to assess reliability of selection procedures for children who are allowed to study a second foreign language prior to fourth year options. Believes choices reflected in hypothetical options might encourage those pressing for…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Anastasi, Anne – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
The nature of tests involved in the controversy on coaching is examined. Then coaching is considered against the background of diverse types of training that may affect test performance, and the implications of these various forms of training for the meaning and validity of test scores is discussed. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Scores
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Watts, Fraser N.; Everitt, Brian S. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1980
The pattern of correlations between subtests suggests that several of the aptitudes are of doubtful validity. In no case was it possible to extract more than three adequately determined factors. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Factor Analysis, Predictive Measurement, Test Construction
Nairn, Allan; And Others – Today's Education, 1980
The power structure of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and the validity of its tests are examined. The test format, purposes, costs, and rankings and the potential reform of the ETS are discussed. (JD)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Aptitude Tests, College Admission, Ethnic Groups
Bogaardo, Paul – Francais dans le Monde, 1980
Reviews the history of language aptitude tests in the U.S., examines the notion of aptitude in general, and attempts to answer the question of whether the notion of "language aptitude" is a valid one. (AM)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Individual Characteristics, Learning Theories
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Tirre, William C.; Field, Kevin A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2002
Studied the constructs underlying the Ball Aptitude Battery (Ball Foundation; BAB) in 3 studies involving 329 and 365 adults and 175 ninth graders and in a reanalysis (study 4) of previous BAB data. Results show that "g" plays a significant but not dominant role in the BAB, which measures abilities needed for assessing person-job fit.…
Descriptors: Ability, Adults, Aptitude Tests, Factor Structure
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Kapes, Jerome T.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 1996
Tables describe the characteristics of 16 aptitude/achievement and 27 interest/value measures. Relationship between career assessment and vocational education historically and in terms of federal legislation is addressed. (SK)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
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Forns-Santacana, Maria; Gomez-Benito, Juana – Psychology in the Schools, 1990
Tested the factor structure of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities in preschool children (N=141). Found existence of Verbal factor and other Perceptual-Performance factor was confirmed and the Quantitative and Memory factors appear undifferentiated. Found subtests which make up the Motor scale do not constitute a single factor. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries
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