Modification of Taba' : s Application of Principles and Social Studies Inference Tests. A Progress Report / Kenneth R. Wulff.

An updated version of Taba's 1966 "Social Studies Inference Test" and "Application of Principles Test" for elementary students is studied. The original tests measured students' abilities to generalize and draw inferences from short paragraphs containing data relevant to...

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Main Author: Wulff, Kenneth R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1976.
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