Virginia Zachert
Virginia Zachert | |
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Born | March 1, 1920 Jacksonville, Alabama |
Died | May 3, 2012 (age 92) Cuthbert, Georgia |
Occupation | Psychologist |
Relatives | Adeline Zachert (aunt) |
Virginia Zachert (March 1, 1920 – May 3, 2012) was an American psychologist and professor on the faculty of the Medical College of Georgia from 1963 to 1984.
Early life and education
[edit]Zachert was born in Jacksonville, Alabama, the daughter of Reinhold Edward Zachert and Cora Massee Zachert. Her father was a Russian-born Baptist clergyman. Librarian Adeline Zachert was her aunt.[1] She earned a bachelor's degree from Georgia State Women's College in 1940.[2] She completed a master's degree at Emory University in 1947, and a Ph.D. in psychology from Purdue University in 1949.[3] Her dissertation was titled "A Factor Analysis of Vision Tests".[4]
Her sister Adeline Zachert Barber was an education professor at the University of Georgia and Armstrong State College.[5]
Career
[edit]During World War II, Zachert worked as a scientist for the United States Navy. From 1949 to 1954 she was an aviation psychologist for the United States Air Force.[3] In the late 1950s and early 1960s she worked at Western Design, designing a "teaching machine" for military use.[6]
Zachert joined the faculty of the Medical College of Georgia in 1963, as a professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology.[7][8] She retired from the Medical College with emeritus status in 1984.[9]
In retirement, Zachert was active on the President's Council on the Aging,[10] the CSRA Coalition of Advocates for the Aging, and the National Silver Haired Congress, among other old-age advocacy organizations.[11] She donated to the Baptist Seminary of Prague in honor of her parents.[3]
Publications
[edit]Zachert was an industrial psychologist, and her research involved quantitative studies of aptitude testing and programmed instruction.[12] Her work was published in scholarly journals including Journal of Applied Psychology,[13] Educational and Psychological Measurement,[14] American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,[15] Academic Medicine,[16] and Psychometrika.[17]
- "Use of biographical inventory in the Air Force classification program" (1951, with Abraham S. Levine)[13]
- "Comparison of Correlations Using Raw Scores and Nine-Point Standard Scores" (1952, with Abraham S. Levine)[14]
- "Education and prediction of military school success" (1952, with Abraham S. Levine)[18]
- "The stability of the factorial pattern of aircrew classification tests in four analyses" (1953, with Gabriel Friedman)[17]
- Preliminary evaluation of a prototype automated technical training course (1962. with Felix F. Kopstein and Richard T. Cave)[19]
- "Student Attitudes Toward a Programmed Course" (1964, with Preston Lea Wilds)[16]
- Applications of Gynecologic Oncology (1967, with Preston Lea Wilds)[20]
- "Evaluation of a Programmed Text in Six Medical Schools" (1967, with Preston Lea Wilds)[21]
- "Programmed instruction in gynecologic cancer at the medical student level" (1968, with Preston Lea Wilds)[15]
Personal life and legacy
[edit]Zachert died in 2012, at the age of 92, survived by her friend Joyce Kephart and her sister-in-law, librarian Martha Jane Koontz Zachert.[3] The CSRA Coalition of Advocates for the Aging named its annual Dr. Virginia Zachert Advocate of the Year Award after her in 2007.[22]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rev. Reinbold E. Zachert". The Macon News. 1952-07-22. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-06-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Georgia State Women's College, The Pine Cone (1940 yearbook): 30.
- ^ a b c d "Virginia Zachert Obituary (2012)". The Augusta Chronicle, via Legacy.com. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ Zachert, Virginia (1949-01-01). "A Factor Analysis of Vision Tests". Theses and Dissertations Available from ProQuest: 1–59.
- ^ "Mrs. Adeline Zachert Barber, Ed.D." Wilmington Star-News. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ^ Reid, James R. (1960-11-02). "Teaching Machine is Shown to Navy; Auto Tutor May Open up New Education Field for Student". The Memphis Press-Scimitar. p. 30. Retrieved 2023-06-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Kilgore, Patricia (November 1982). ""It's really quite simple!" an interview with Virginia Zachert". Performance & Instruction. 21 (9): 9–11. doi:10.1002/pfi.4170210909.
- ^ "Carolinas Trainers Convene Thursday". The State. 1966-11-13. p. 61. Retrieved 2023-06-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University". Obstetrics and Gynecology Photo Archive. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ Federal Council on the Aging (U.S.) (1990). Annual Report – Federal Council on the Aging. Federal Council on the Aging. p. 7.
- ^ McClain, John D. (1994-09-01). "A new Congress is in offing and it has silver hair". The News Tribune. p. 71. Retrieved 2023-06-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Programmed Learning". The Air Reservist. 15 (2): 7. February 1963.
- ^ a b Levine, Abraham S.; Zachert, Virginia (1951). "Use of biographical inventory in the Air Force classification program". Journal of Applied Psychology. 35 (4): 241–244. doi:10.1037/h0055145. ISSN 1939-1854. PMID 14861128.
- ^ a b Zachert, Virginia; Levine, Abraham S. (December 1952). "Comparison of Correlations Using Raw Scores and Nine-Point Standard Scores". Educational and Psychological Measurement. 12 (4): 776–777. doi:10.1177/001316445201200426. ISSN 0013-1644. S2CID 144868865.
- ^ a b Wilds, Preston Lea; Zachert, Virginia (January 1968). "Programmed instruction in gynecologic cancer at the medical student level". American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 100 (1): 128–135. doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(15)33650-4. ISSN 0002-9378. PMID 5688685.
- ^ a b Zachert, Virginia; Wilds, Preston Lea (September 1964). "(46) Student Attitudes Toward a Programmed Course". Academic Medicine. 39 (9): 896. ISSN 1040-2446.
- ^ a b Zachert, Virginia; Friedman, Gabriel (1953-09-01). "The stability of the factorial pattern of aircrew classification tests in four analyses". Psychometrika. 18 (3): 219–224. doi:10.1007/BF02289059. ISSN 1860-0980. S2CID 121252104.
- ^ Zachert, Virginia; Levine, Abraham S. (August 1952). "Education and prediction of military school success". Journal of Applied Psychology. 36 (4): 266–268. doi:10.1037/h0058345. ISSN 1939-1854.
- ^ Kopstein, Felix F., Richard T. Cave, and Virginia Zachert. Preliminary evaluation of a prototype automated technical training course. Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories, 1962.
- ^ Wilds, Preston Lea; Zachert, Virginia (1967). Applications of Gynecologic Oncology: Programmed Case Presentations in Detection, Diagnosis, and Management of Neoplastic Diseases of the Female Genital Tract. C. C. Thomas.
- ^ Zachert, Virginia, and P. L. Wilds. "Evaluation of a Programmed Text in Six Medical Schools" United States Navy Medical Newsletter 49(11)(June 9, 1967): 9.
- ^ Cummings, Jeanette (December 2011). "2011 Dr. Virginia Zachert Advocate of the Year Award Winner Announced" (PDF). Senior News. 25 (12): 12.