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Langer, Judith A. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1984
Investigates the relationship between topic-specific background knowledge and measures of overall quality, coherence, syntactic complexity, audience, and function in the expository writing of tenth grade students. (HOD)
Descriptors: Coherence, Content Area Writing, Expository Writing, Grade 10
Kemple, James J. – 2002
This paper argues that the federal government's role in vocational and technical education (VTE) should include a greater emphasis on systematically testing promising strategies and interventions and subjecting them to rigorous evaluations of their effects, implementation, costs, and benefits. Section 1 presents a rationale for rethinking the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
Seraphine, Anne E.; McCarthy, Chris J.; Curlette, William L. – 2001
The factor structure of the Coping Resources Inventory Scales for Educational Enhancement (CRISEE) was examined for its application to Hispanic, African American, and Non-Hispanic White middle school students. The study was designed to provide additional evidence for the validity of the CRISEE scales and to determine whether its psychometric…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Diversity (Student), Hispanic American Students

Downey, Ronald G. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1979
This research attempted to interrelate several methods of producing option weights (i.e., Guttman internal and external weights and judges' weights) and examined their effects on reliability and on concurrent, predictive, and face validity. It was concluded that option weighting offered limited, if any, improvement over unit weighting. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Answer Keys, Comparative Testing, High Schools

Dieterich, Thomas G.; And Others – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
Summarizes some of the findings of recent study of tests designed to determine the English language proficiency of nonnative speakers. (CFM)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, English (Second Language), Evaluation, Language Dominance

Trahan, Donald; Stricklin, Ann – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1979
The relationship between 15 emotional indicators on the Bender Gestalt Test and the acting out behavior of 93 children, ages 5 to 12, as rated by their teachers, was investigated. Use of the Bender as a projective measure was seriously questioned. The ten-item behavioral rating scale is appended. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Elementary Education, Emotional Adjustment

Richards, Ruth L.; Casey, M. Beth – Community/Junior College Research Quarterly, 1979
Describes a study to identify factors related to academic success at the College of Basic Studies at Boston University. Creativity, Scholastic Achievement Test scores, high school grade point average (GPA), and academic motivation variables were factor analyzed, and included with sex in a stepwise regression, with college GPA as the criterion.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Creativity

Gardner, R. C.; Tremblay, Paul F.; Masgoret, Anne-Marie – Modern Language Journal, 1997
Investigates numerous individual difference measures to determine their underlying dimensions, to contrast their predictive validities and to evaluate their contributions in a causal model of second language acquisition. Findings indicate that substantial links exist among affective measures and achievement. (56 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Anxiety, College Students

Donaldson, Morag L. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1996
Investigates the relative influences of medium and context variables by comparing seven- and eight-year-old children's spoken and written explanations in varying contexts: a story task, a question task, a sentence completion task, and a whole sentence production task. Findings reveal the significant influence of context as compared to medium on…
Descriptors: Age, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect

Young, Martha W. – Action in Teacher Education, 1990
Ten secondary teachers, enrolled in an induction program, participated in a year-long study to identify characteristics that can be viewed as important predictors of those teachers who will succeed and those who will not. Findings suggest that intellectual/academic achievement alone is not a sufficient primary predictor of teacher success. (IAH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Beginning Teacher Induction, Comparative Analysis

Violato, Claudio; And Others – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1989
Proposes a four-factor model of attitudes toward computers and describes a factor analysis conducted with preservice teachers to test its validity and reliability. Sex differences, degree of comfort or anxiety with computers, liking for computers, and value placed on computers are examined, and implications for further research are suggested.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Computer Anxiety, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correlation

Kenny, Dianna T.; Chekaluk, Eugene – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
The concurrent validity of three types of reading ability assessments was evaluated with 312 Australian primary-level children. Results suggest that the nature of the skills required for success in reading changes in the primary years, and that both teacher-based and test-based assessments concur more closely as children progress through the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Concurrent Validity, Foreign Countries, Handicap Identification

Hicken, Samuel – Urban Review, 1992
Studies effectiveness of the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) in predicting subsequent grades for 9,064 Arizona applicants to teacher education programs in 1985 to 1989 and 100 students with subsequent performance data. The PPST has blocked minority students from teacher preparation programs, although correlations between score and performance…
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Education Majors, Grades (Scholastic)
Family History Fails to Detect the Majority of Children with High Capillary Blood Total Cholesterol.

Davidson, Dennis M.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1991
To examine the predictive value of family history in detecting children with high blood cholesterol, finger-stick screening was done in children (n=1,118) ages 9-10 with parental and grandparental history of cardiovascular disease and risk factors. Findings showed that screening only children with positive family histories will leave most problems…
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Eating Habits, Elementary School Students, Ethnic Groups
Hampton, Virginia R.; Fantuzzo, John W. – School Psychology Review, 2003
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale (PIPPS), a teacher-rating instrument of interactive play behaviors for early childhood, was valid for urban, low-income children in kindergarten. The PIPPS demonstrated construct validity, and yielded three dimensions of interactive peer play: Play Interaction,…
Descriptors: Play, Low Income, Academic Achievement, Construct Validity