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Hentschel, Maren; Lange-Kuttner, Christiane; Averbeck, Bruno B. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2016
The study investigated sequence learning from stochastic feedback in boys with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and typically developed (TD) boys. We asked boys with ASD from Nigeria and the UK as well as age- and gender-matched controls (also males only) to deduce a sequence of four left and right button presses, LLRR, RRLL, LRLR, RLRL, LRRL and…
Descriptors: Males, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Foreign Countries
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Oakland, Thomas; Douglas, Sara; Kane, Harrison – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
This article provides a 24-year update on the 10 standardized tests used most frequently with children and youth by school psychologists. Data were acquired from 64 countries through an international survey, with one respondent from each country. The informants were solicited due to their expertise in the area of assessment. The data from the…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, School Psychologists, Followup Studies, International Assessment
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Kagan, Spencer; Knight, George P. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1981
Tested Anglo American and Mexican American children for how competitiveness is related to achievement, cooperativeness is related to affiliation, and the cultural differences in cooperation-competition are related to those in affiliation and achievement. Results indicate that large cultural differences in cooperation-competition are not explained…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Affiliation Need, Anglo Americans, Children
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Weinger, Susan – Children & Society, 2000
Used projective techniques employing photographs of houses representing families' different income levels to explore low- and middle-income 5- to 14-year-olds' character associations regarding economic class and corresponding friendship choices. Found that even at early ages, both realistic assessments and popular prejudices about wealth and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Comparative Analysis