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Virginia Zachert

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.

Virginia Zachert
A young white woman with short dark hair parted on the side and combed away from face, wearing round eyeglasses and a light-colored top with a draped neckline
Virginia Zachert, from the 1940 yearbook of the Georgia State Women's College
BornMarch 1, 1920
Jacksonville, Alabama
DiedMay 3, 2012 (age 92)
Cuthbert, Georgia
OccupationPsychologist
RelativesAdeline Zachert (aunt)

Early life and education

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Rev. Reinbold E. Zachert". The Macon News. 1952-07-22. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-06-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Georgia State Women's College, The Pine Cone (1940 yearbook): 30.
  3. ^ a b c d "Virginia Zachert Obituary (2012)". The Augusta Chronicle, via Legacy.com. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  4. ^ Zachert, Virginia (1949-01-01). "A Factor Analysis of Vision Tests". Theses and Dissertations Available from ProQuest: 1–59.
  5. ^ "Mrs. Adeline Zachert Barber, Ed.D." Wilmington Star-News. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Carolinas Trainers Convene Thursday". The State. 1966-11-13. p. 61. Retrieved 2023-06-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University". Obstetrics and Gynecology Photo Archive. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  10. ^ Federal Council on the Aging (U.S.) (1990). Annual Report – Federal Council on the Aging. Federal Council on the Aging. p. 7.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Programmed Learning". The Air Reservist. 15 (2): 7. February 1963.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ a b Zachert, Virginia; Wilds, Preston Lea (September 1964). "(46) Student Attitudes Toward a Programmed Course". Academic Medicine. 39 (9): 896. ISSN 1040-2446.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ Kopstein, Felix F., Richard T. Cave, and Virginia Zachert. Preliminary evaluation of a prototype automated technical training course. Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories, 1962.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ Cummings, Jeanette (December 2011). "2011 Dr. Virginia Zachert Advocate of the Year Award Winner Announced" (PDF). Senior News. 25 (12): 12.
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