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Taylor, Ronald L. – Diagnostique, 1990
This article offers advice on interpreting intelligence quotient (IQ) data and other results from intelligence tests. Myths regarding the practical applications and broader implications of IQ profiles are debunked. Several warnings are given regarding test use along with general statements of intelligence tests' strengths and weaknesses in…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Intelligence Quotient
Peer reviewedGunderson, Lee; Siegel, Linda S. – Reading Teacher, 2001
Considers how IQ tests may not be an effective means of identifying English-as-a-second language (ESL) students with learning disabilities due to inherent cultural biases of the tests. Concludes that the use of IQ tests with ESL or English-dialect students is inappropriate when the student's first or primary language is different from the language…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Proeger, Charlene; Myrick, Robert D. – Florida Educational Research and Development Council, Inc. Research Bulletin, 1980
Many elementary school students perform below their ability levels due to excessive anxiety and stress. Research reveals negative correlations between general anxiety and test anxiety, and scores on intelligence tests. Studies have shown that changes in anxiety level are related to changes in intelligence quotient scores. Further, anxiety affects…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedZentall, Sydney S.; Ferkis, Mary Ann – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1993
This review of research finds that, when IQ and reading ability are controlled, "true" math deficits of students with learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, and attention deficit hyperactive disorders (ADHD) are specific to mathematical concepts and problem types. Slow computation affects problem solving by increasing attentional…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Computation, Elementary Secondary Education, Hyperactivity
Dreikurs, Rudolf; Brunwald, Bernice Bronia; Pepper, Floy C. – 1998
This book, based on Adlerian psychology, applies the techniques of motivation modification to realistic classroom problems, dealing step-by-step with handling behavior difficulties and providing the background that enables student teachers to understand the group dynamics of various classroom situations. The book is divided into five parts with 30…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Children, Classroom Techniques
