Aptitude Tests
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Family-school connections and the transitions of low-income youths and English language learners from middle school to high school.

29 Jun 2009 The theoretical and policy focus on parental involvement in education has evolved into a consideration of 2-way connections between families and schools. Working from a social capital perspective emphasizing the importance of information in periods ... Read more...

The effects of response instructions on situational judgment test performance and validity in a high-stakes context.

29 Jun 2009 This study fills a key gap in research on response instructions in situational judgment tests (SJTs). The authors examined whether the assumptions behind the differential effects of knowledge and behavioral tendency SJT response instructions hold in ... Read more...

Positive manifold limits the relevance of content-matching strategies for validating selection test batteries.

29 Jun 2009 Inferences about the relationships between scores on selection tests and measures of job performance are often made on the basis of an assessment of the match between the content of the test and the content of the job. However, there is little ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Aptitude Tests'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Education. Science needs kids with vision. 2 Sep 2009
• Family-school connections and the transitions of low-income youths and English language learners from middle school to high school. 29 Jun 2009
• The effects of response instructions on situational judgment test performance and validity in a high-stakes context. 29 Jun 2009
• Positive manifold limits the relevance of content-matching strategies for validating selection test batteries. 29 Jun 2009
• Test length and cognitive fatigue: an empirical examination of effects on performance and test-taker reactions. 30 May 2009
• A fair process. 7 May 2009
• Exceptional cognitive ability: the phenotype. 6 May 2009
• Genetic covariation between theAuthor Recognition Test and reading and verbal abilities: what can we learn from the analysis of high performance? 4 May 2009
• Defense of tests prevents objective consideration of validity and fairness. 29 Apr 2009
• The absence of underprediction does not imply the absence of measurement bias. 29 Apr 2009
• Being creative with the predictors and criteria for success. 29 Apr 2009
• (Over and) beyond high-stakes testing. 29 Apr 2009
• Association between scores in high school, aptitude and achievement exams and early performance in health science college. 29 Apr 2009
• [Predicting the success of occupational retraining using the occupational aptitude test battery] 15 Apr 2009
• Neurocognitive and psychological profiles in pediatric arachnoid cyst. 7 Apr 2009
• [No in PIL--bingo in the university qualification test] 27 Feb 2009
• Evaluating cognitive theory: a joint modeling approach using responses and response times. 27 Feb 2009
• School readiness among children with varying histories of language difficulties. 27 Feb 2009
• The genetic and environmental etiology of high math performance in 10-year-old twins. 25 Feb 2009
• Impact of nutritional status at the onset of elementary school on academic aptitude test achievement at the end of high school in a multicausal approach. 11 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Aptitude Tests'

Definition: Primarily non-verbal tests designed to predict an individual's future learning ability or performance.

Descriptor UI: D001077

Alternative terms: Aptitude Tests; Aptitude Test; Test, Aptitude; Tests, Aptitude;

Allowable Qualifiers: history; standards; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: F04.711.141;