Abstract
The general objective of this research was to implement and evaluate a high school driver education pilot study that would identify, from selected variables, the best predictors of successful driving performance. Specific objectives were to identify and intermediate criterion for successful performance; determine the relation of selected variables and successful driving performance; identify the best predictors of successful driving performance; and establish the need for additional experimental research. An extensive review of relevant literature showed: (1) the case for the effectiveness of driver education is not proved; (2) traditional criteria of accidents and violations as evaluative data are insufficient; (3) no validated intermediate criterion instrument presently exists; (4) driver education curricula must be developed in a systemized way; (5) safe driving performance is highly correlated with practice during instruction and amount of driving experience thereafter.
Cole, William Manning (1976). The relation of selected variables and driving performance in driver education. Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /DISSERTATIONS -508255.