Do standardized tests penalize deep-thinking, creative, or conscientious students? Some personality correlates of Graduate Record Examinations test scores

Intelligence

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-153

  Powers, Donald E ^a   Kaufman, James C ^b  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Graduate Record Examinations; Personality traits; Quickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL TEST; PERSONALITY; RATING SCALE; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THINKING;

EID: 1242321144     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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