Describes a teaching method called Announced Repetitive Tests, in which students are allowed a number of times to master test questions similar to ones assigned as homework. (MLH)

Describes an advanced undergraduate materials science course in which each student conducts two independent laboratory projects and is required to submit a formal lab report at the end of each project. (MLH)

Discusses problems of teaching by PSI (Personalized System of Instruction), including costs, student procrastination, excessive grading, and demands on faculty time. (MLH)

Describes a computerized evaluation procedure in which faculty members select from an item bank those items on which they will be rated by their students. (MLH)

Comparison of self-concept scores of groups of both engineering and speech communications students before and after a course in their corresponding subjects showed that the speech students underwent a positive change in self-concept whereas the engineering students were unchanged. (MLH)

Discusses the uses of student evaluations of teacher effectiveness, including validity and reliability procedures, and items for possible inclusion in the instrument. (MLH)

Discusses how to design a large exam question file for any discipline and how to use this file to extract examinations. (MLH)

Relationships between cheating and distracting study conditions are studied in light of the premise that if an individual is frustrated in his attempts to learn he will be more likely to cheat. (MM)

First-grade reading readiness and later academic achievement of children were studied in a program developed specifically for disadvantaged preschoolers. (MM)

By analyzing children's verbal responses to various types of questions, understanding was increased about the impact of classroom questions upon young children's oral language development. (MM)

This pilot study compared two empirically-derived, option-weighting methods and the resultant effect on the reliability and validity of multiple choice test scores as compared with conventional rights-only scoring. (MM)

The effect of an intensive camp counseling experience with institutionalized, emotionally disturbed adolescents on the perceptions of the camp counselors regarding the disturbingness of certain child behaviors was investigated. (MM)

Items missed on the PPVT were analyzed according to race and sex; results indicated that an alternative form of the test might use stimulus words other than those missed by a disproportinate number of subjects in this study. (MM)

The kind of paper used in handwriting lessons for kindergarten children appears to have no effect on the quality of writing. (MM)

Assessments of self-concept are not merely a reflection of the pupil's objective appraisal of his own scholastic achievement, but represent another domain of useful information in explaining achievement differences. (MM)