LEARNING PARAMETERS AND HUMAN ABILITIES.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the interrelationships among learning parameters and also the interrelationships between learning parameters and measures of human abilities. Two factor analytic techniques were employed to organize the interrelationships of the variables into more meaningful dimensions based upon com mon factor variances. The first technique was a conventional multiple-factor analysis of the intercorrelation matrix for the 28 learning parameters. The second factor analytic tech nique was Tucker's inter-battery method which determined the number of factors in common be tween the learning parameters and the reference measures. From the specific findings, two general conclusions were drawn from the project. First, the factorial organization of the learning parameters was multidimensional. And second, measures of learning and measures of aptitude and achievement, which have generally been treated experimentally as separate entities, have factors in common with each other. Thus, the ability to apply knowledge and the acquisition of knowledge have highly similar or identical properties. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1960
- Accession Number
- AD0418235
Entities
People
- Roger B. Allison
Organizations
- Educational Testing Service