The Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ), a structured job analysis questionnaire that provides for the analysis of individual jobs in terms of each of 187 job elements, was used to establish the job component validity of certain commercially-available vocational aptitude tests. Prior to the general analyses reported here, a statistical analysis…

The study involved the use of a structured job analysis instrument called the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ) as the direct basis for the establishment of the job component validity of aptitude tests (that is, a procedure for estimating the aptitude requirements for jobs strictly on the basis of job analysis data). The sample of jobs used…

The hypothesis that tests of precollege aptitude/achievement are poor predictors of later college grades because of uneven changes in aptitude development over these years was investigated. A battery of 11 tests administered before college entrance was readministered to 59 female and 67 male college seniors. Correlations obtained from high school…

To familiarize supervisors, interviewers, and employer relations personnel with U. S. Employment Service (USES) testing, the trainee's handbook cites five training objectives. They are: simplify understanding of tests, describe employment service tests, mention advantages and limitations, show how to determine need for tests, and describe a…

This quarterly bulletin lists and provides brief annotations for the instruments recently acquired by the Test Collection, a specialized library of tests and test-related information. Types of tests listed are: Achievement, Aptitude, Personality, Interests, Aptitudes and Opinions, and Sensory-Motor. Other information includes announcements of new…

The nine problems used in the study of problem-solving processes are provided, along with the corresponding questions and their answers. Data on the values corresponding to each group, used in scoring, are also attached. (For related document, see TM 003 093.) (KM)

The interrelationships between aptitude test performance and certain demographic-cultural variables were investigated, as well as the relationship between these variables and the aptitude test factor content. Five test batteries were administered to groups of approximately 1,900 subjects each. Multiple regression analyses indicated that there were…

In this essay on higher education for the disadvantaged, the author discusses the definition of "disadvantaged," assessment procedures of disadvantaged students, and the predictive value of aptitude tests. The author concludes that more and better controlled studies are needed, preferably longitudinal, and offering clear information on the extent…

Ability tests in use today and the educational programs of the schools are examined from a Black perspective. It is stated that it is incumbent upon educators to develop appropriate learning experiences in the classroom which relate to the Black child's background experiences. The following issues are raised: (1) I.Q. tests (predictor variables)…

In an experiment designed to explore the interaction of individual differences with question pacing in learning from written materials, 93 college students were administered aptitude tests representing verbal and memory abilities and then randomly assigned to treatments in which questions were placed after every one or four pages or were omitted…

Two groups of continuing education students were tested using three of Viktor Lowenfeld's tests of visual-haptic perception. The scores from the three tests were added to yield a score which identified an individual's location on Lowenfeld's visual-haptic continuum. The investigation also uncovered scoring problems with two of the tests which had…

Freshmen (N=202) took two batteries of aptitude tests 10 months apart. Six pairs of tests were studied. Two pairs were identical, two were parallel, and two were completely different. This design made it possible to separate three components of practice: (a) general test sophistication, (b) specific practice effect, and (c) item familiarization.…

Discusses the level of reading achievement in our schools and the report of the advisory board commissioned by the College Entrance Examination Board to study the steady decline of SAT scores from 1963 through 1977. Evaluates the role of the teacher in the development of critical reading and examines six aspects of the process of comprehension.…

Reports on a study which attempted to determine differences between two different types of music curriculum. Specifically, the study compares the Kodaly Method with a more traditional curriculum. Concludes that music education based on the Kodaly Method started in early childhood is highly effective for the development of musical abilities. (RKM)

Analyzed several data sets to compare the prediction possible from a uniform general factor score with that produced by a separately tailored set of regression weights when those weights are applied to a new cross-validation sample. Found that with smaller samples, the uniform general factor score was clearly superior. (Author/ABB)