Scholastic Aptitude Tests for Medical Students

Scholastic Aptitude Test preparation for the adolescent dyslexic.

Residual signs characteristic of a specific language disability, such as vocabulary deficits, trouble differentiating between literal and figurative words, difficulty paraphrasing a reading selection, and problems with abstract reasoning make it arduous for dyslexic adolescents to demonstrate their maximum potential on the verbal section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test. This paper illustrates w...

The Effect of Coaching on the Predictive Validity of Scholastic Aptitude Tests

The present study was designed to examine whether coaching affect predictive validity and fairness of scholastic aptitude tests. Two randomly allocated groups, coached and uncoached, were compared, and the results revealed that although coaching enhanced scores of the Israeli Psychometric Entrance Test by about 25% of a standard deviation, it did not affect predictive validity and did not creat...

Scholastic and Intelligence Tests.

Mental and Scholastic Tests

This volume, one of vital importance to all interested in the problems and implications of mental testing, makes a timely reappearance in a second and enlarged edition. Here we have a detailed description and analysis of the investigations carried out by the author during his years spent as Psychologist to the London County Council. The appointment of Dr. Burt to that post in 1913 marked the be...

Web-based Aptitude Tests for Student Guidance

Web-based aptitude tests which are a particular category of aptitude tests can be used for a large number of users to test their competence, knowledge and aptitude with standardised testing methods. The webbased solution is getting more and more important, because of the recent technological advances and low cost, high effectiveness, overall availability, and an easy distribution. We analysed a...