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Peer reviewedLevinson, Philip J.; Carpenter, Robert L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Certain subtests of the WISC, ITPA, and Stanford-Binet are used as measures of analogical reasoning. Because several facts suggested that the form of analogy used on these subtests does not require subjects to engage in true analogical reasoning, the validity of these subtests as measures of analogical reasoning was investigated. (Author)
Descriptors: Evaluation, Intelligence Tests, Item Analysis, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedStone, Mark – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
The S.I.T. is an age scale of intelligence with demonstrated reliability and high validity coefficients correlated to the Stanford-Binet. The items of the SIT were classified according to a scheme resembling Valett's classification of Stanford-Binet test items. A comparison of the classifications is made. (Author)
Descriptors: Correlation, Evaluation, Intelligence Tests, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedChandler, Theodore A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Proposes a peer-teaching-peer strategy that utilizes the low-achieving External as the tutor, a reversal of the usual procedure. The assumption is that the External must experience and perceive personal control over another child in order to begin orientation toward a more internal outlook. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Age Teaching, Educational Psychology, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedPage, Ellis Batten – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Classroom research is caught between lack of rigor and lack of richness. When multiple classrooms are used, and when the performance of different groups or levels of students is regarded as "repeated measures" (or split plots) and analyzed accordingly, much of the descriptive richness of the interactions may be regained. (Author)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Interaction Process Analysis
Peer reviewedWakefield, James A., Jr.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
The Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI), the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS), and the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) were administered to 183 undergraduate students enrolled in teacher education courses. The MTAI was compared with each of the two personality instruments by canonical analysis. Concludes that teacher's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Personality Assessment, Projective Measures, Psychological Evaluation
Peer reviewedMcKinney, James D. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Four second-grade teachers completed the Classroom Behavior Inventory for every student in their class (N=101). Subjects were classified as either reflective (N=32) or impulsive (N=32) by using the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFF). (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Classroom Research, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedBarton, Keith; Horowitz, Alan B. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Presents research evidence that children with a high verbal-low spatial ability profile tend to respond in the "usual" way to social reinforcement or praise, whereas children with a high spatial-low verbal profile do not find praise reinforcing. Implications for teaching considered in detail. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Research, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedCarlson, Jon; Jarman, Maureen – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
School counselors can create power bases and have a significant impact upon the surrounding community through work with parents. A three-step program is presented along with supplemental practical activities for consultants to use in working with parents. (Author)
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Counselor Role, Family Relationship, Human Resources
Peer reviewedFrech, William P. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
The researcher hypothesized that some instances of ethnic prejudice (ethnocentrism) are the result of faulty or inadequate knowledge. This study, therefore, focused on the affective outcome of instruction in two cognitive concepts of cultural anthropology. (Author)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Attitude Change, Bias, Childhood Attitudes
Peer reviewedLabrentz, Erica; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
The performance of 132 pre- and primary school children on a Bender-Gestalt copying task was compared with that of a multiple choice version. Significant correlation coefficients were obtained between the copying and recognition scores. The multiple choice version was also as successful as the copying test in predicting reading achievement scores.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Multiple Choice Tests, Perceptual Development
Peer reviewedDlugokinski, Eric; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
Examines the IQs of 75 preschool children perceived to be "at risk" by parents, teachers, and diagnostic nursery staff. Full Scale, Verbal and Performance IQs were correlated with: (a) assessment of problem area (b) socioeconomic and familial variables (c) gross assessments of speech and motor development and (d) improvement in a special preschool…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Development, Family Influence, Intelligence Quotient
Peer reviewedSchwarting, F. Gene – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
So as to compare the results of the WISC and WISC-R, instruments were administered to 58 children. All IQs were significantly higher on the WISC, with the Performance difference being greater than the verbal difference. Regression equations were obtained to predict WISC-R IQs from WISC scores. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Intelligence Tests, Performance Tests
Peer reviewedBloom, Robert B. – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
Analysis of the relationships between teachers' ratings of children's behavior and an index of teacher-pupil compatibility objectively demonstrated a significant relationship between behaviors representative of serious psychopathology and teacher-pupil compatibility. This study provides inferential support for the contention that school behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Children, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedFoster, Glen G.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
Ten special education teachers and two school psychologists scored the Bender-Gestalt protocals of elementary school children using the Koppitz scoring system. The reported correlations between teachers and school psychologists compared favorably to correlations between school psychologists as well as to interrater reliabilities reported in the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Elementary School Students, Perceptual Motor Coordination
Peer reviewedWakefield, James A., Jr.; Cunningham, Claude H. – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
The Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI) and the Sixteen Personality Factors Questionnaire (16PF) were administered to 395 undergraduate teachers-in-training. The MTAI and the 16PF contained three related factors accounting for 41 percent of their total variance. It was concluded that teachers' attitudes toward their pupils are determined…
Descriptors: Children, Individual Characteristics, Personality, Research Projects
