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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Shavelson, Richard J.; Roeser, Robert W.; Kupermintz, Haggai; Lau, Shun; Ayala, Carlos; Haydel, Angela; Schultz, Susan; Gallagher, Larry; Quihuis, Gisell – Educational Assessment, 2002
Describes some of the "big ideas" of Richard E. Snow about aptitude, person-situation transaction, and test validity. Also describes the design of a high school study undertaken to explore some of Snow's ideas further and introduces the articles of this special issue. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude, Educational Theories
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Kupermintz, Haggai – Educational Assessment, 2002
Examined the role of affect and conation in the science test performance of 491 high school students. Results show differential patterns of correlations, varying with level of generality of affective and conative constructs and with different aspects of science achievement. Invokes theoretical frameworks to interpret the results. (SLD)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aptitude, Correlation, High School Students
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Roeser, Robert W.; Shavelson, Richard J.; Kupermintz, Haggai; Lau, Shun; Ayala, Carlos; Haydel, Angela; Schultz, Susan; Gallagher, Larry; Quihuis, Gisell – Educational Assessment, 2002
Provides an overview of the approach of Richard E. Snow to the concept of aptitude and multidimensional validity and summarizes the studies in this special issue. Overall, studies confirmed the multidimensional structure of science achievement scores, the validity of some key motivational constructs for predicting achievement, and other ideas…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude, Prediction, Student Motivation