Scores on the National Teacher Examinations subtest in profes sional education for 55 secondary education majors were correlated with their grades in courses in educational psychology, secondary methods, and test and measurement. Findings revealed that differ ences existed in the strength of the relationships for males and fe males, but combining the subgroups resulted in stronger correlations for each of the three courses.
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