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McGaw, Barry; Joreskog, Karl G. – 1970
This study attempts to determine whether the pattern of human abilities varies or remains constant over a range of ability levels. Scores on 12 aptitude and achievement tests for 11,743 subjects, subdivided into four groups according to intelligence and socioeconomic status, were used. A technique, developed by Joreskog, for simultaneously factor…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Analysis of Variance
Gitlitz, Alfred H.; Kaufman, Nadeen L. – 1972
Results of a subtest of the Project Access battery, comparing the influence of race, sex and city on inductive reasoning items, are presented. The participating Junior High students represented three racial groups, Black, White, and Mexican Americans, from three cities, Los Angeles, Memphis, and Washington, D. C. The test, entitled Letter Groups,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Blacks, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis
Asher, James J. – 1972
This report summarizes the results from the first year of a proposed three-year study into ability patterns for learning second languages in intensive training. The languages sampled were Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, German, French, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese. Before training, the students were administered these predictive…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Arabic, Educational Research, French
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Harvey, John G.; Kenelly, John W. – Mathematics Teacher, 1987
Discusses the use of courseware designed to prepare high school students for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Provides a review of six software packages specifically designed for this purpose. Discusses, as an alternative, a non-computer plan for SAT preparation. (TW)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews
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Crow, Linda W.; Piper, Martha Kime – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1986
Discusses the use of mental ability tests for grouping science students. Describes a study which investigated the analytical skill items on the Otis-Lennon Mental Ability Test for field independent bias. Results indicated that the test is biased in favor of individuals with field independent perceptual orientation. (TW)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes
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Guri-Rozenblit, Sarah – Instructional Science, 1988
Describes study that examined the instructional effectiveness of abstract diagrams and verbal explanations in learning from social science texts. The control and treatment groups of adult learners at Everyman's University (Israel) are described, verbal and visual aptitude tests are explained, and results are analyzed. (25 references) (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Analysis of Covariance, Analysis of Variance, Aptitude Tests
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Wright, Claudia R.; Houck, Jean Wilson – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1995
Gender differences in self-assessments, teacher ratings, and grades were examined for 124 female and 98 male rural high school students in the prediction of verbal reasoning and numerical ability test scores. Despite some gender differences, results support using teacher assessment and student self-assessment in predicting test performance. (SLD)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Educational Assessment, Females, Grades (Scholastic)
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Kajander, Ann – Roeper Review, 1990
This article compares measures of abstract thinking preference and divergent thinking to standard mathematics ability measures such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). In this study involving gifted tenth graders, mathematical creativity was found to be a special kind of creativity not necessarily related to divergent thinking ability. (PB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Aptitude Tests, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creative Thinking
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Popham, W. James – Educational Leadership, 1999
Employing standardized achievement tests to ascertain educational quality is like measuring temperature with a tablespoon. Such tests are prone to testing-teaching mismatches, omitted items, and confounded causation problems. Actually, three factors influence students' scores: what's taught in school, native intellectual ability, and out-of-school…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests
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Dodick, Jeff; Orion, Nir – Science Education, 2003
There have been few discoveries in geology more important than "deep time"--the understanding that the universe has existed for countless millennia, such that man's existence is confined to the last milliseconds of the metaphorical geological clock. The influence of deep time is felt in a variety of sciences including geology, cosmology,…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), High School Students, Grade 11, Grade 12
Horton, Dorothy – 1996
Previous studies, while not suggesting that all preschool programs will bring lasting benefits, demonstrate that early education can change the course of children's lives, especially children from disadvantaged backgrounds. This study dealt with early childhood education and school success, evaluating the effect of preschool attendance on reading…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Elementary School Students
Wendler, Cathy; Wright, Nancy – 1994
The SAT I: Reasoning Test was introduced in March 1993 for the national testing program of academic preparation and ability of college applicants, including students with disabilities. A survey was administered to 1,001 students with disabilities participating in a field trial of the SAT I prototype test. Students' disabilities were in the areas…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Aptitude Tests, Calculators, College Entrance Examinations
Kapes, Jerome T.; And Others – 1991
The use of vocational assessment instruments with Texas special needs students was investigated as part of the requirements of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act. A nonrandom sampling method was used to identify the population. Transition from School to Work Coordinators in each of 20 regions collected 130 completed survey instruments…
Descriptors: Administrators, Aptitude Tests, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Environment
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1993
Because of concerns about the validity of tests used in education and employment, a consultation on June 16, 1989, focused on tests of ability, achievement, and other skills. Invited experts were asked to address a set of issues common to both education and employment testing, primarily related to test construction procedures and how to establish…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Civil Rights, Educational Testing
Saccuzzo, Dennis P.; And Others – 1994
The efficacy of use of the Raven Progressive Matrices Test (RPM) in the selection of gifted children from traditionally underrepresented groups was investigated in a large-scale study with a diverse population. A total of 16,985 subjects were given the Raven Progressive Matrices Test. These included 22.7 percent Latinos, 37 percent Whites, 14…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences
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