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Swanson, H. Lee; Arizmendi, Genesis D.; Li, Jui-Teng – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
This study investigated the prevalence and stability of latent classes among elementary-aged English learning (EL) children whose first language is Spanish. To this end, EL children (N = 267) in Grades 1, 2, and 3 at Wave 1 (Year 1) were administered a battery of vocabulary, reading, math, and cognitive measures (short-term memory, working memory,…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 2
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Callinan, Sarah; Theiler, Stephen; Cunningham, Everarda – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
Traditionally, students with learning disabilities (LD) have been identified using an aptitude--achievement discrepancy or response to intervention approach. As profiles of the cognitive deficits of discrepancy-defined students with LD have already been developed using these approaches, these deficits can in turn be used to identify LD using the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Low Achievement, Cognitive Tests
Sarouphim, Ketty M. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of DISCOVER, a performance- based assessment in identifying gifted Lebanese students. The sample consisted of 248 students (121 boys, 127 girls) from Grades 3-5 at two private schools in Beirut, Lebanon. Students were administered DISCOVER and the Raven Standard Progressive Matrices…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Private Schools, Academically Gifted, Performance Based Assessment
Haznedar, Binnur Koklu; Chissom, Brad S. – 1981
The D-48 Test, a nonverbal intelligence test, was administered to 239 third and fourth graders identified as culturally disadvantaged. Four of 124 third graders and 13 of 115 fourth graders were selected as gifted by the D-48 Test according to standards established through a preliminary investigation. The Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM),…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Education, Gifted Disadvantaged, Grade 3
Burnham, Brian; And Others – 1987
The York Region Board of Education in Ontario, Canada, screens students for giftedness in grade 3. This report analyzes data produced in the 1986-87 screening procedure, involving approximately 3,400 students. The report begins with a review of procedural changes that were designed to make the screening more effective and efficient than earlier…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Comparative Analysis, Educational Diagnosis, Foreign Countries