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Higgins, Thomas J.; And Others – 1979
The perceptions of parents of 113 developmentally delayed preschool children were compared with mental ages derived from the Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale and the Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale. With the parents as informants, an Alpern-Boll Developmental Profile was completed. Findings demonstrated a high degree of correlation between the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research
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Suzuki, Lisa A.; Valencia, Richard R. – American Psychologist, 1997
Issues pertaining to racial-ethnic differences in intelligence are addressed with regard to group-discrepancy misconceptions, profiles of abilities, historical context, factors associated with racial-ethnic differences, educational implications, and alternative methods of assessment. (Author/MMU)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ethnic Bias, Ethnic Groups, Evaluation Methods
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Colom, Roberto; Jung, Rex E.; Haier, Richard J. – Intelligence, 2006
It is unclear whether brain mechanisms underlying human intelligence are distributed throughout the brain or mainly concentrated in the frontal lobes. Data are inconsistent possibly due, at least in part, to the different ways the construct of intelligence is measured. Here we apply the method of correlated vectors to determine how the general…
Descriptors: Correlation, Neurological Organization, Brain, Intelligence Quotient
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Pennington, Bruce F.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
This study of 640 twins with reading disability and 436 controls (mean age 12) examined external validity of the distinction between specific reading retardation and reading backwardness, in 3 domains: genetic etiology, sex ratio and clinical correlates, and neuropsychological profiles. There was no evidence of differential genetic etiology of the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Definitions, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
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Carvajal, Tony L.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1984
Investigated the change in IQ scores over time of subjects in classes for the Educable Mentally Handicapped. Analysis indicated a significant difference existed between Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children scores administered at initial placement and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale scores administered later (mean age, 17 years-6 months).…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods