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Corman, Louise; Budoff, Milton – 1973
Item responses of two samples each of 622 normal and 573 educable mentally retarded children, 6 to 15 years of age, on Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices were submitted to a principal components analysis and varimax rotation. The following four factors were obtained: continuity and reconstruction of simple and complex structures, discrete…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Exceptional Child Research, Factor Analysis
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Ogunlade, James O. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
The scores of 537 14-year-old students in Nigeria on the Raven Progressive Matrices were correlated with their scores on an achievement test, to provide an estimate of the predictive validity of the Raven. Results indicated low validity for this usage. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Foreign Countries, High School Students
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Wiedl, Karl Heinz; Carlson, Jerry S. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1976
Factor analysis of an administration of the Raven Progressive Matrices Test to children in grades 1, 2, and 3 revealed three orthogonal factors interpreted as (1) concrete and abstract reasoning, (2) continuous and discrete pattern completion, and (3) pattern completion through disclosure. Results are discussed in several contexts. (RC)
Descriptors: Age, Elementary School Students, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
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Helmes, Edward – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1987
Canadian undergraduate students were administered the British general ability test, AH2, along with a multiple-choice vocabulary test and the Standard Progressive Matrices, a nonverbal ability test. Scores were compared with British norms and intercorrelated with those of the other two tests. Correlations with the other ability tests were low.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Comparative Testing, Concurrent Validity, Foreign Countries
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Hartlage, Lawrence C.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
One hundred culturally disadvantaged children were tested on culture-fair (Raven) and culturally biased (WISC) tests, and scores were correlated with academic achievement. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged
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Carlson, Jerry S.; Wiedl, Karl Heinz – Intelligence, 1979
Various testing-the-limits procedures were employed in administering the Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices Test to second- and fourth-grade children. Tests of impulsivity, neuroticism, extroversion, intelligence, and achievement were given. Procedures which involved verbalization and feedback were efficacious in maximizing performance on the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Style
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Blennerhassett, Lynne; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1994
Investigation of criterion-related validity of test scores of 107 deaf residential adolescents found concurrent validity between the Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) and the Performance IQ of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised, using both hearing and deaf norms. Predictive validity was supported by correlations between the SPM…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adolescents, Concurrent Validity
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Matthews, Dona J. – Roeper Review, 1988
The efficacy of Raven's Matrices in the gifted identification process is reviewed, focusing on their reliability, validity, and fairness and comparing them with other intelligence tests. It is concluded that, despite problems with narrowness of scope and standardization practices, these tests provide a useful screening device for intellectually…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
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Budoff, Milton; Hamilton, James L. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
The validity of a learning potential assessment procedure with institutionalized moderately and severely retarded adolescents and adults was examined with 38 Ss. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aptitude Tests, Educational Assessment, Exceptional Child Research
Evans, Ellis D.; Klockars, Alan J. – 1986
The power of the Slingerland Screening Tests was examined, and a discrepant performance index was developed between cognitive measures to predict early school achievement and class placement for children at risk for specific language disabilities. Subjects were two successive cohorts of entering kindergarten children for whom Slingerland Tests…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Tests, Correlation, Grade 1
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Dillon, Ronna F. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1979
The Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices and a Piagetian battery were administered to a sample of hearing-impaired elementary school children under six different conditions. Results indicated that scores varied as a function of the degree and type of feedback or elaboration. (JKS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Developmental Stages, Educational Testing, Elementary Education
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MacAvoy, Jim And Others – Journal of American Indian Education, 1993
The Raven Coloured and Standard Progressive Matrices (RCPM and RSPM) and a group achievement test were administered to 908 Navajo students in grades 2-12. Results suggest that the RCPM is appropriate for use through grade 2 and the RSPM in grades 3-9. Discusses gender differences and differences between students in schools on and off the Navajo…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted Disadvantaged
Lewis, Joan D.; DeCamp-Fritson, Stephanie S.; Ramage, Jean C.; McFarland, Max A.; Archwamety, Teara – Multicultural Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of the Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices, the Naglieri Nonverbal Abilities Test (NNAT), and the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) in selecting for ethnically diverse students who may be gifted. The participants of the study were 175 students enrolled in Grades 3-5 and Grade 8 in a…
Descriptors: Gifted, Elementary Education, Nonverbal Ability, Test Validity
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Powers, Stephen; Barkan, Jerry H. – Psychology in the Schools, 1986
Correlations between the Standard Progressive Matrices test (SPM) and the California Achievement Test, Reading, Language, and Mathematics Tests were examined for 99 Hispanic and 93 non-Hispanic Caucasian seventh-grade students. All correlations were highly significant. Supports continued use of the SPM as a measure of nonverbal intellectual…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Ability, Concurrent Validity, Culture Fair Tests
Dillon, Ronna F. – 1979
The relationship of cognitive style variables and conditions of test administration was investigated in cognitive assessments of hearing-impaired children, aged six through eleven. One hundred-twenty children were given the Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM) and a Piagetian battery under one of six conditions of testing: (1) standard; (2)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary Education
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