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Download full textPANKOVE, ETHEL – 1966
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN RISK TAKING WERE STUDIED IN A SAMPLE OF 162 MIDDLE-CLASS CHILDREN IN GRADE 5. MEASURES OF ANXIETY, CREATIVITY, DEFENSIVENESS, INTELLIGENCE, AND RISK TAKING WERE ANALYZED TO DETERMINE CERTAIN SELECTED RELATIONSHIPS. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDED THAT CREATIVITY BEARS A MORE POWERFUL RELATIONSHIP TO RISK TAKING THAN DOES…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cognitive Ability, Creative Expression, Creativity Research
Peer reviewedDolan, Lawrence J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
Concurrent validity studies are reported for the School Attitude Measures (SAM), a recently developed school affective assessment procedure. The studies were conducted at three grade levels (5th, 8th, 11th) with a total sample of 153 subjects. Results indicated that the SAM shows promising concurrent validity related to the criterion measures…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attitude Measures, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education
Direct linkWilson, Mark; Draney, Karen – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2004
The purposes of large-scale assessment and classroom assessment are often seen as distinct: Large-scale assessments, including school district, state, and national assessments, are directed at the formative and summative assessments of educational programs, while classroom assessments are focused primarily on the educational status or progress of…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Measures (Individuals), Educational Assessment, Group Testing
Braden, Jeffery P.; Huai, Nan; White, Jennifer L.; Elliott, Stephen N. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2005
Despite policy mandates to include students with disabilities in educational assessment and accountability programs, current practices suggest a substantial lack of capacity for effective inclusion. Continuing professional development (CPD) is an essential component of disseminating and implementing effective inclusion practices. Recent reviews of…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Educational Assessment, Accountability, Professional Development
Zinoman, Esther Axt; And Others – 1983
This publication reviews issues and processes in the quest for less-biased, least-biased, non-biased assessment. It is intended to aid the school psychologist in assisting all individuals in placement or program decisions for school-age children. The first section articulates the common sources of bias in assessment and identifies concepts…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Followup Studies, Group Testing
Belcher, Marcia – 1985
A study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to provide data on the relationship of cumulative grade point average (GPA) and College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) performance. Because Florida community college students must be eligible for graduation in order to take the CLAST, the study focused mainly on MDCC students with…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Community Colleges, Grade Point Average, Group Testing
Frankel, Steven M.; And Others – 1983
In response to concerns raised by principals at both the elementary and intermediate levels regarding the amount of instructional time consumed by students taking tests which were not related to day-to-day instruction, a study was conducted of the amount of time spent preparing to give such tests and actually administering them, and the manner in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary Education, Group Testing
Cooney, Margaret H. – 1986
This paper describes networking evaluation, an alternative to traditional evaluation, in which students work cooperatively in small groups to solve specific problems and are evaluated collectively by their teacher. Steps in the networking evaluation model are: (1) explaining the networking concept to students and preparing them for the evaluation;…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Evaluation Methods, Group Dynamics, Group Experience
Bowers, John J. – 1982
Procedures devised for computing factor matching statistics in questionnaire construction are described. In a study of the impact of vocational education on social, affective and nontechnical development of students, an attitude questionnaire to measure outcomes was developed. Each item in the final section had a six-point Likert type response…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Factor Analysis
Army Research Inst. for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Arlington, VA. – 1977
The effect of varying the percentages of female soldiers assigned to representative types of Test, Operation, and Evaluation units on the unit's capability to perform its mission under field conditions was assessed. Empirical data were provided to test the null hypothesis that increasing the proportion of women in selected units would not impair…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Data Analysis, Females, Field Studies
Chissom, Brad; And Others – 1978
The D-48 and D-70 (Dominoes) Tests, which are parallel forms of a non-verbal, cross-cultural test, were administered to 82 college students and 112 high school freshmen. Criterion scores were obtained on the Otis Quick Score and grade point average for the college students, and the Iowa Test of Basic Skills for the ninth-graders. Results showed a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Culture Fair Tests, Grade 9
WOOD, SUSAN – 1967
THIS STUDY, CONDUCTED BY THE WISCONSIN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE-ARTS CURRICULUM PROJECT, DESCRIBES, ANALYZES, AND EVALUATES 16 STANDARDIZED ENGLISH TESTS OF USAGE AND COMPOSITION. THE TESTS CHOSEN WERE THOSE FREQUENTLY USED THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN, EXCLUSIVE OF TESTS DESIGNED FOR COLLEGE-PREPARATORY STUDENTS AND TESTS OF READING ABILITY, SPEECH, AND…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Elementary Schools, English Instruction
ROSENBERG, LEON A.; STROUD, MICHAEL
A STUDY EXAMINED THE VALIDITY OF TWO BRIEF INTELLIGENCE SCALES, THE PEABODY PICTURE VOCABULARY TEST (PPVT) AND THE COLUMBIA MENTAL MATURITY SCALE (CMMS), TO SEE IF THESE TESTS OVERESTIMATED THE INCIDENCE OF INTELLECTUAL RETARDATION AMONG POVERTY AREA CHILDREN. THESE TWO TESTS AND AN EXPERIMENTAL MEASURE OF INTELLIGENCE, THE JOHNS HOPKINS…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Economically Disadvantaged, Grade 1, Group Testing
Thurman, Richard L.; And Others – 1976
Described are the rationale, development and utility with mentally retarded children of the Peabody Mathematics Readiness Test (PMRT), an instrument designed to assess mathematical readiness of normal first graders and identify children who would experience difficulty with first grade mathematics. It is explained that the PMRT was intended to…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, General Education, Group Testing, Identification
Meyer, William J.; And Others – 1969
A general working model of cognitive development assumes that there are sets of orthogonal cognitive abilities, which remain fairly stable after age 7. This paper examines the long term predictive and diagnostic value of assessing specific cognitive abilities among preschool children. This model by empirical studies was defendable on the grounds…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Eye Hand Coordination, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
