It was during the early 1990s that the author began to suspect that teenagers were reading less--and less deeply--than they had been 10 and certainly 20 years ago. He found this paradoxical, because it was during the 1990s that SAT scores seemed to soar along with the economy. Students talked about them constantly, like securities traders in a…

Society knows well that males outperform females on mathematics portions of college entrance examinations. In 2003, for example, males scored an average of 537 points on the mathematics section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), whereas females scored an average of 503 points. Less well known is the fact that males also show a slight…

The use of standardized examinations as a factor in admission decisions in Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs is a customary practice at many universities. Aptitude testing of pre-service, recent baccalaureate recipients is a means of assessing continued academic success in a graduate program. However, we contend, a growing diversity…

This research examined the relation between test-retest changes on scholastic aptitude tests and g-loaded cognitive measures (viz., college grade-point average, Wonderlic Personnel Test, and word recall). University students who had twice taken a scholastic aptitude test (viz., Scholastic Assessment Test or American College Testing Program…

Most psychometric tests of spatial ability are paper-and-pencil tasks at the ''figural'' scale of space, in that they involve inspecting, imagining or mentally transforming small shapes or manipulable objects. Environmental spatial tasks, such as wayfinding or learning the layout of a building or city, are carried out in larger spaces that…

A primary gateway to a career in engineering is the attainment of the bachelor of science degree in engineering. In contrast, a common barrier to becoming an engineer is failure to attain the degree. Those variables that are related to college graduation are often in place prior to college admission. The purpose of this study was to examine the…

Using a computer assisted learning task, subjects were assigned to an example-only, objective-example, rule-example, or objective-rule-example treatment. The subjects were required to meet minimum criterion performance at each level of the task. The findings discuss the use of objectives, rules, and examples on student performance. (Author/SE)

Recently there appears to have been an increase in interest in the relative power of general ability and narrower cognitive aptitudes to predict real world performance in training programs and on the job. This area has important practical implications for personnel selection and classification, particularly for large organizations such as the…

This study tested the hypothesis that measured aptitudes and self-ratings of these same aptitudes reflect a common domain of psychometric behavior. Male and female applicants for vocational guidance completed a self-rating scale and then the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB). The self-rating scale contained six vocational/educational aptitudes.…

Paper presented at the International Seminar on Experimental Research in Music Education (University of Reading, Reading, England, July 9-16, 1968).

Paper presented at the International Seminar on Experimental Research in Music Education (University of Reading, Reading, England, July 9-16, 1968).

The average Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Aptitude Test scores of test-takers who had their scores sent to 57 history and 60 chemistry departments in 1972-73 ("scores senders") are compared with the average Aptitude Test scores of first-year students who enrolled in these departments in the fall of 1973 ("enrolled…

AS PREDICTIVE TESTS HAVE BECOME MORE COMMON AND AS THEIR VALIDITY HAS INCREASED, RELEVANT QUESTIONS HAVE SHIFTED FROM WHETHER WE SHOULD TEST TO WHEN, HOW MUCH, OR WHY WE SHOULD TEST. A FIRST ISSUE IN THE SOCIAL EFFECTS OF PREDICTIVE TESTING IS THE RIGHT OF THE SOCIETY TO REQUIRE ITS MEMBERS TO REVEAL INFORMATION ABOUT THEMSELVES, EVEN THOUGH SUCH…

The objective of this study was to determine if the Annehurst Curriculum Classification System (ACCS) learner characteristics and curriculum materials classifications among elementary mathematics students, can be used as the dimensions of an aptitude-treatment interaction analysis. The subjects were 34 fourth and fifth graders in three open-space…

Describes a reading course designed to increase efficiency and concentration on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. (MKM)