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Peer reviewedHanna, Gerald S. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1974
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Secondary School Students, Test Interpretation, Test Reliability
PDF pending restorationFederman, Philip J.; Siegel, Arthur I. – 1977
This report contains Armed Service Vocational Aptitude Battery profiles for seven occupational categories and for selected jobs within each category. Results from four ASVAB aptitudes form the basis of each profile: word knowledge, arithmetic reasoning, space perception, and attention to detail. These are essentially equivalent to the following…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Group Norms, Guides
Download full textManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1970
Adult norms are shown as cutting scores for each of the aptitudes judged significant for a given occupation. Tables for converting adult scores to their ninth and tenth grade equivalents are included. The standard error of measurement is reported for each of the nine aptitudes of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB): intelligence, verbal…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Cutting Scores, High Schools
PDF pending restorationEsser, Thomas J., Ed. – 1975
This monograph focuses on rating scales and other similar instruments being used in applied rehabilitation settings. The first of two major sections presents a general discussion of rating scales and their use. Specifically, this section includes subparts dealing with (1) reasons for using rating instruments, (2) the types of rating scales, (3)…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Disabilities, Measurement Techniques, Scoring
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. – 1966
DEVELOPED IN A CURRICULUM PROJECT, DESCRIBED IN VT 004 454, TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN BASIC PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF MECHANICS AND TECHNOLOGY, THIS MANUAL PROVIDES TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO 10 LABORATORY EXERCISES TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE OPERATION OF BASIC MACHINES. EXERCISES COVER (1) SIMPLE…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Junior High Schools, Laboratory Manuals, Mechanics (Process)
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. – 1966
DEVELOPED AS A PART OF A CURRICULUM PROJECT, DESCRIBED IN VT 004 454, TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN BASIC PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF MECHANICS AND TECHNOLOGY, THIS MANUAL PROVIDES TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO EIGHT LABORATORY EXERCISES TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE OPERATION OF BASIC MAGNETIC AND ELECTRICAL…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Junior High Schools, Laboratory Manuals, Mechanics (Process)
Gersten, Russell M.; And Others – 1980
The Vocational Performance Sample (VPS), a vocational assessment instrument for the severely retarded, integrates norm referenced technology with current innovations in domain referenced tests and learning potential assessment. The domains are based on a systematic sampling of types of training procedures and types of discriminations and/or…
Descriptors: Adults, Criterion Referenced Tests, Occupational Tests, Severe Mental Retardation
Badgett, John L., Jr. – 1968
The relationship between the self-concepts and certain academic, vocational, biographical, and personality variables of freshmen students was examined to provide the basis for a more scientific approach to academic-vocational counseling. The subjects completed the Self-Rating Scale, the Fascism Scale, and the Military Ideology Scale, and a student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Counseling Effectiveness, Males
Valentine, Lonnie D., Jr.; Cowan, Douglas K. – 1974
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Form 2 was standardized for Digitek answer sheets. In September 1973, the Digitek scoring facility at Randolph AFB will be inadequate to handle anticipated scoring load. Consequently, ASVAB answer forms have been redesigned for processing via a Hewlett-Packard mark-sense reader from IBM card size…
Descriptors: Answer Sheets, Comparative Analysis, Military Personnel, Occupational Tests
Vermont State Dept. of Education, Montpelier. Div. of Vocational-Technical Education. – 1974
One hundred forty students (mean age 17.5 years, mean full scale IQ 69.18, and mean reading grade level 3.61), in the Diversified Occupations Programs (Vermont) were investigated to determine whether the Nonreading Aptitude Test Battery (NATB) is a valid instrument for identifying occupational aptitudes of educable mentally retarded and low…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aptitude Tests, Correlation, Exceptional Child Research
Validity of Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, Form 1, to Predict Technical School Success.
Vitola, Bart M.; And Others – 1973
Validities of the four aptitude indexes of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), Form 1, and the Airman Qualifying Examination-66 (AQE), were determined for final grades in 46 airman training courses. Comparisons were made between AQE and ASVAB in terms of their ability to predict technical school success. The data demonstrate…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Military Personnel, Predictive Measurement
Peer reviewedCronbach, Lee J. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1979
The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery measures general ability, trade-technical experience, a spatial factor, and a clerical factor unlike traditional measures of clerical aptitude. Established procedures for test review are inadequate for generating an informed opinion regarding a test that is heavily promoted and that changes from year…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Career Planning, High School Students
Peer reviewedLytel, Robert B., Jr. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1978
Minimum aptitudes for selected occupations in 19 worker trait groups are cited as a starting point in considering occupations for emotionally disabled individuals. Important self-perceptions in assessing employability with this group include locus of control, realistic appraisal of limitations, values relevant to vocational choices, and…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Emotional Disturbances, Employment Counselors, Mental Disorders
Peer reviewedGoodman, Clark – Physics Today, 1977
The author relates his success as a technical consultant for numerous firms. Outlined are basic procedures for getting started in consulting and tips on structuring the consulting aspect of a science career. Included are illustrations of some of the apparati produced as a result of consultant assistance. (MA)
Descriptors: Consultants, Consultation Programs, Human Resources, Physics
Peer reviewedTogonu-Bickersteth, Funmi; Odebiyi, A. I. – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1986
Two Nigerian surveys examined discrepancies between deaf students' (N=146) vocational aspirations and the hearing public's (N=534) assessment of their vocational capabilities. Among reported results was that the hearing public's perception of capability matched the self-evaluation of 78.8 percent of the deaf students, who believed that only…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Deafness, Foreign Countries, Occupational Aspiration
