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Duguay, Martin R. A. "Comparison of on-ice versus laboratory tests of skating speed and power." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61291.
Full textFrey-Toompere, Linet. "Suppression in L1 and L2 reading comprehension." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.608937.
Full textGingras, Ginette. "The development of a motor creativity test using fluency and flexibility measures /." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=66004.
Full textLecoko, Motlalepule Lebogang Elizabeth. "Applicability of a health literacy test from the U.S. in a South African population." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005931.
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Hannan, Eamon. "An investigation into the nature and effect of a graphic course on spatial abilities and problem solving in adolescents." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1992. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36508/1/36508_Hannan_1992.pdf.
Full textLee, Toby. "Optimizing CAT-ASVAB item selection using form assembly techniques." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2006. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/06Jun%5FLee.pdf.
Full textGudmundsdottir, Helga Rut. "Children's ability to identify two simultaneous melodies." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26735.
Full textKingen, Sharon A. "When middle school writers compose : exploring relationships of processes, products, and levels of cognitive development." Virtual Press, 1990. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/720404.
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Westlin, Joseph. "Physical Ability Testing: A Review of Court Cases 1992-2014." TopSCHOLAR®, 2014. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1348.
Full text黃珮詩 and Pui-sze Catherine Wong. "Hong Kong secondary three students' reading comprehensionprocess." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31963274.
Full textFuller, Frank D. (Frank Davidson). "The association between reading ability and test performance among adults of limited reading ability." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332849/.
Full textJia, Fanlu, and 贾凡路. "Gender differences of reading ability in Chinese children." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B50639420.
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Master of Arts
Ibrahim, Halijah. "Assessing general motor ability and tests for talent identification of Malaysian adoloescents." University of Western Australia. School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, 2009. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2010.0109.
Full textDennison, Colleen Beth, and Bernard M. Bass. "Development of an in-basket exercise designed to measure potential leadership skills by Coleen Beth Dennison." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2769.
Full textTrümpelmann, Inge. "Towards identifying effective leaders : the validity of the wheel as indicator of effective leadership behaviour during organisational change." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53193.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: On the basis of a literature review regarding effective leadership, coping with change and the assessment of effective leadership and coping, this study investigated the use of The Wheel, a free-format, projective technique, which lends itself to a qualitative and quantitative analysis. A group of (N=75) managers, within a large South African engineering organisation, were assessed during organisational change. Human Resource practitioners and supervisors evaluated participants' leadership effectiveness by using a six-point Lickert scale. Overall performance scores were calculated based on a gap analysis between perceived performance and required performance. High, Medium and Low performance groups were identified and compared in terms of The Wheel results. On a quantitative level significant differences were obtained with regards to Overall performance scores and the Number of Segments completed by participants. Furthermore, some of The Wheel constructs correlated with individual performance rating items and also appears to reflect the impact of organisational change on participants' Attitudes, Discrimination and Sense of Control towards key words "My Work". On a qualitative level, the contents of The Wheel profiles indicated themes that may be an indication of different approaches and lor problems experienced respectively by High and Low performance groups during organisational change. The Wheel may thus have predictive validity for assessing leadership effectiveness during organisational change, but due to limitations of this explorative study, further research is recommended.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Op grond van 'n literatuurstudie van effektiewe leierskap, hantering van verandering en die meting van effektiewe leierskap en probleemhantering, word die gebruik van The Wheel, 'n projeksietegniek wat kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe interpretasie behels, ondersoek. Vervolgens is 'n groep (N=75) bestuurders, vanuit 'n groot Suid-Afrikaanse ingenieurs organisasie, tydens organisatoriese verandering en herstrukturering geëvalueer. Prestasie beoordelings vir elk van die deelnemers is deur menslike hulpbronpraktisyns en supervisors gedoen op grond van 'n ses-punt Lickert skaal. Algehele prestasietellings is vir elke deelnemer bereken op grond van 'n gapingsanalise tussen waargenome prestasie en vereiste prestasie. Hoë, Medium en Lae prestasiegroepe is geïdentifiseer en vergelyk in terme van die The Wheel resultate. Op 'n kwantitatiewe vlak was daar betekenisvolle verskille tussen verskillende prestasiegroepe en die Getal Segmente ingevul deur deelnemers. Sommige van die The Wheel konstrukte het ook betekenisvolle korrelasies getoon met van die prestasiebeoordelingsitems. Die The Wheel resultate het ook die situasionele impak van organisatoriese verandering en herstrukturerinq gereflekteer in terme van deelnemers se Houdings-, Diskriminasie- en Kontroletellings behaal vir sleutelwoorde "My Werk". Op 'n kwalitatiewe vlak dui die inhoud van die The Wheel profiele daarop dat Hoë en Lae prestasiegroepe onderskeidelik verskillende temas meld tydens die vrye assosiasie oefening. Die The Wheel mag belofte inhou vir die met1ng van effektiewe leierskap, maar as gevolg van beperkings in hierdie eksploratiewe-studie. word verdere navorsing aanbeveel.
Proudfoot, John A. "The development, implementation and evaluation of a skill assessment instrument to evaluate expertise in defensive football /." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=60109.
Full textThe reliability, face validity and content validity of the SAS:DB scale were found to be very acceptable. Players at each playing level were categorized by their coaches into high, medium and low skill groups. Analysis of variance procedures demonstrated the ability of the scale to differentiate among these three skill levels and multiple discriminant function analysis identified the importance of the different knowledge-based categories at each level.
Law, Yuen-yi, and 羅婉怡. "Evaluating learning gain in a self-access language learning centre: case studies of six low proficiencystudents." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43241049.
Full textTang, Weizhi, and 湯偉之. "Self-access language learning : attitudes and learning strategies." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209688.
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Master of Education
Kalender, Ilker. "Effects Of Different Computerized Adaptive Testing Strategies On Recovery Of Ability." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613132/index.pdf.
Full textHan, Myung Jin. "Testing the predictive ability of measures of total factor productivity growth /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3115550.
Full textMaugherman, Alan S. "The effects of distraction and dysphoria on social problem-solving ability." Virtual Press, 1999. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1159144.
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Leung, Nga-ki Kate, and 梁雅琪. "The quality of lexical representation in Chinese normally-achieving and dyslexic children." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4163410X.
Full textMiller, Angela L. "Cognitive processes associated with creativity scale development and validation /." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/763.
Full textYoshida, Tomoko. "Phonological awareness and reading ability in Japanese children." Thesis, Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31937287.
Full textPedigo, Leslie. "Cognitive Ability Testing and Selection: A Review of Court Decisions Since 1991." TopSCHOLAR®, 2004. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/511.
Full textShiroma, Paul Shigeo 1960. "Calculating the correlation coefficient between selected ability and achievement tests using validity generalization." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/277013.
Full textGratton, Martine. "The effect of three vocal models on uncertain singers' ability to match and discriminate pitches /." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=59242.
Full textIn the Own Voices group, subjects were training in pitch matching using subjects' own voices. They trained in pitch discrimination using a model child voice as stimuli. In the Model Child group, subjects were training in pitch matching and pitch discrimination using a model child voice of the same sex and age as that of the subject. Subjects in the Female Adult group were training in pitch matching and pitch discrimination using a female adult voice as stimuli. Subjects in the control group had no training.
It was found that timbre affected uncertain singers' ability to match and discriminate pitches. Pitch matching to one's own voice was more accurate than pitch matching to a child's voice.
The discrimination of high and low pitches was more accurate when a model child's voice was used than when an adult voice was used.
Descombes, Valérie. "Discrimination of pitch direction : a developmental study." Thesis, McGill University, 1999. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30159.
Full textThe main study involved two experiments; Experiment 1 examined children's ability to identify pitch direction using a visual aid; Experiment 2 examined children's spontaneous notations of the same melodic contours.
The results showed a subsequent increase in mean scores from grades 1 to 6 across both tests. The clearest increase in ability occurred within the first three grades with a plateau reached by grade four. Same-pitch patterns received the highest overall means. The ability to identify direction using a visual aid was easier for children than to write spontaneous notations. Melodic contours with larger intervals were more easily perceived.
Li, Wing-yan Michelle, and 李穎昕. "Understanding the relationship between rapid automatized naming and reading in Chinese." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209658.
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Master of Social Sciences
Rebel, Johanna. "Developmental patterns of procedural and declarative knowledge in catching skills." Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=63821.
Full textKamphaus, Mary Ann. "The differential abilities scales : validation using a gifted sample." Virtual Press, 1993. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/862275.
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Accetturo, Christine M. "A scale for the measurement of metacognitive reading awareness in developmental college students." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1019470.
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Shokrpour, N. (Nasrin). "The interaction between linguistic proficiency and text difficulty in EFL reading." Phd thesis, Department of Linguistics, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7152.
Full textAlmeida, Alberto Teixeira Bigotte de. "An empirical study of the fault-predictive ability of software control-structure metrics." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA231860.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Shimeall, Timothy J. Second Reader: Bradbury, Leigh W. "June 1990." Description based on signature page on October 16, 2009. DTIC Descriptor(s): Computer programs, costs, faults, measurement, test methods DTIC Indicator(s): Computer program verification, metric system, Theses. Author(s) subject terms: Software metrics, text-based metrics, faults, testing, empirical studies. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-72). Also available online.
Biggs, Casey L. "A Review of Court Cases Involving Discrimination in Physical Ability Testing: 1992-2015." TopSCHOLAR®, 2015. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1452.
Full textJacobsen, S. Suzanne. "Identifying children at risk : the predictive validity of kindergarten screening measures." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31104.
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Kim, Youn-Hee 1979. "An investigation into variability of tasks and teacher-judges in second language oral performance assessment /." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=111931.
Full textValk, Isabelle. "The association of working memory and anxiety with skill acquisition and transfer in young and older adults." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2004. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/816.
Full textStretch, Richard Aldworth. "Validity and reliability of an objective test of cricket skills." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005625.
Full text鄭敏芝 and Man-chi Sammi Cheng. "Self assessment in the school-based assessment speaking component in aHong Kong secondary four classroom: a casestudy." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4324080X.
Full text張嘉恩 and Ka-yan Winnie Cheung. "The phonological mediation hypothesis evidence from Chinese students with hearing impairment." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47233576.
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Lucbert, Maryse. "Planning skills of students of varying ability : using computer-assisted instruction." Thesis, McGill University, 1990. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=118291.
Full textThis study investigated the strategie or task-specific planning skills of students of varying abilities using intelligent eomputer-assisted instruction (ICAI). The sample eonsisted of 39 boys and girls in grades four to six attending summer programs for the gifted and non-gifted in the Greater Montreal area. They were divided into three eomparison groups: a high-ability-gifted HG) group (n=13), a high-ability-not-identified-as-gifted (HNG) group .(n=11), and an average-ability (A) group (n=15). Each student created three adventure plans with an ICAI called SCARABEE (Système de Conception Assistée de Récits d'Aventure dans le But d'Enseigner l'Écriture) for three, thirty-minute sessions over an observation period of two weeks. Results of this research demonstrate no statistically significant differences among ability groups HG, and on the two levels of strategic planning skills. The good problem solving since higher levels of strategic planning could also involve other variables which remain to be investigated.
Cette recherche étudie les techniques de planification stratégique chez des enfants d'habilité moyenne ou supérieure utilisant un logiciel d'enseignement intelligent assisté par ordinateur (EIAO). Trente-neuf garçons et filles du deuxième cycle du primaire (4e à 6e année) inscrits dans des programmes d'été de la région du Grand Montréal, ont été choisis et répartis en trois groupes: le premier, d'habileté-supérieure-identifiés doués (n=13); le deuxième, d'habileté-supérieure-non-identifiés doués (n=11);et le troisième, d'habilité- moyenne (n=15). Chaque trois scénarios d'aventure à l'aide de SCARABEE (Système de Conception Assistée de Récits d'Aventure dans le But d'Enseigner l'Ecriture) pendant trois sessions de trente minutes pour une durée d'observation de deux semaines. Les résultats indiquent que les trois groupes de sujets ne diffèrent pas de façon significative sur les deux niveaux de techniques de planification stratégique. Ces données suggèrent que le niveau d'habileté ne serait pas une variable déterminante dans la résolution de problème avancé de techniques de planification stratégique impliquerait d'autres variables qu-il reste ci explorer.
Woodward, Helen R. "Reliability of traditional neurological sensory and motor tests." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1036814.
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Lim, Youngsook. "Relationship between aptitudes and attitudes toward computer-aided design and personality types of interior design students." Thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03172010-020334/.
Full textKonsztowicz, Susanna. "Development of a method for quantifying cognitive ability in the elderly using adaptive testing." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=97164.
Full textAvec le vieillissement imminent de la population canadienne, le besoin d'un outil d'évaluation pouvant mesurer précisément la capacité cognitive chez les personnes âgées et surveiller les changements qui surviennent avec le temps gagne rapidement de l'importance. L'objectif de la présente étude était de fournir des données probantes pour l'interprétation des points résultants d'un nouvel outil d'évaluation (GRACE) conçu pour être administré de manière adaptative dans la population âgée. Deux tests de dépistage cognitifs ont été administrés aux patients d'une clinique gériatrique de désordres cognitifs à Montréal. Les réponses aux items ont été calibrées sur une échelle d'intervalle par la méthode d'analyse Rasch. La hiérarchie des items, organisée par niveau de difficulté cognitive, a été administrée dans un format adaptatif à une nouvelle cohorte des patients, suivie de l'administration des items restants pour calculer les totaux pour les deux tests originaux. La fiabilité et la validité de la méthode de GRACE ont été démontrées en comparant les points obtenus à partir de différents ordres d'administration d'items (c.-à-d. à travers des cohortes de patients) et en comparant les points à ceux des autres mesures validées utilisées dans la clinique, respectivement. Ensuite, la démonstration de la validité d'administrer seulement un sous-ensemble d'items a fourni la justification pour développer et évaluer un algorithme optimal pour administrer les items de manière adaptative. En plus de réduire le fardeau d'examen, la méthode de GRACE fournit une évaluation quantitative de la capacité cognitive à travers la gamme des niveaux de capacité, du niveau normal jusqu'à la démence avancée. Cette méthode peut être utile aux cliniciens pour mesurer et surveiller la capacité cognitive rapidement.
Morris, Nicholas H. "A Review of Court Cases Involving Cognitive Ability Testing and Employment Practices: 1992-2015." TopSCHOLAR®, 2016. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1575.
Full textMarshall, David T. "Testing the Ability of Two Series of Models to Predict High School Graduation Status." VCU Scholars Compass, 2017. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4756.
Full textBenson, Melba W. "Major Spelling Deficiencies Among Collegiate Business Students." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331698/.
Full textChristiansen, Yvonne. "Pragmatic ability and proficiency in Japanese learners of English." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79753.
Full textThe findings in this study demonstrated that there was not a strong relationship between proficiency and pragmatic ability, nor was there one between pragmatic awareness and production. The measures were moderately correlated but they also exhibited a great deal of variation from learner to learner.
Certain linguistic abilities were observed to be valuable regarding pragmatic ability, such as being able to make conventionally indirect requests. Learners were more direct in their speech acts than native speakers. They also used fewer and less varied strategies and lexical modification, with the exception of the politeness marker, please, which they over-used.
There was evidence both in terms of the pragmatic awareness measure and in the analysis of the production that over-directness decreased with increasing proficiency. The two assessment instruments produced different kinds of errors at different levels of proficiency, pointing to the possibility that they were tapping the abilities associated with pragmatic awareness and production at different stages of development.
This research has implications for both testing and teaching pragmatic ability.
Gerstein, Stephanie Hannah. "Examining the Children's Depression Inventory factors' ability to predict outcomes of depression." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0020/MQ43876.pdf.
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