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Gender Differences and Factor Structure of WISC-III Scores for Students with Mild Mental Retardation.
Slate, John R.; Jones, Craig H. – Diagnostique, 1997
WISC-III scores of 233 students (ages 9 to 13) with mental retardation were examined. Boys had higher Full Scale, Verbal, and Performance IQs than did girls. Boys also had higher scores on six of the 10 subtests. In addition, all of the statistically significant differences were in favor of boys. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Children, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests
Children's Age, Intelligence and Sex as Variables Mediating Reactions to TV Commercials: Repetition and Content Complexity Implications for Advertisers.
Hendon, Donald W.; And Others – 1973
To learn if differences in age, intelligence, and sex account for differences in children's recall of TV commercials and in the degree of insistence with which they request that the advertised product be purchased, 54 gifted, 71 normal, and 53 educable mentally retarded children of both sexes were questioned after viewing commercials for breakfast…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Childrens Television, Exceptional Persons
Learning of Information in Television Commercials by Gifted, Normal, and EMR Children.
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Hendon, Donald W.; And Others – 1974
To learn if differences in age, intelligence, and sex account for differences in children's memory of TV commercials and "degree of insistence" (DI) after viewing them, 54 gifted, 71 normal, and 53 educable mentally retarded children (of both sexes, 7-13 years) were questioned. The mediating influence of the three independent variables on DI was…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Gifted, Handicapped Children
Performance on the Raven Progressive Matrices as a Function of Age, Education, and Sex.
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Guttman, Ruth – Educational Gerontology, 1981
Administered the Raven Progressive Matrices (RPM) to (N=408) individuals in 100 family groups. Scores on all five subtests were highest in the 18-26 age group, decreasing with age. Males scored higher on each subtest in each age group. Performance on the RPM increased with additional years of education. (Author)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Adults, Age Differences
Platelet Serotonin, A Possible Marker for Familial Autism.
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Piven, Joseph; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1991
Platelet serotonin (5HT) levels of 5 autistic subjects (ages 16-37) who had siblings with either autism or pervasive developmental disorder were significantly higher than levels of 23 autistic subjects without affected siblings. Autistic subjects without affected siblings had 5HT levels significantly higher than 10 normal controls. Sex, age, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Autism, Biochemistry
Cognitive Development, Cross-Cultural and Sub-Cultural Comparisons.
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Reyes-Lagunes, Isabel; And Others – Human Development, 1979
Reports on the findings of a comparative study of mental abilities of Mexican and American children. Discusses age, sex, social class, and urban-rural differences, as well as cultural differences. (SS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Cross Cultural Studies
Social Cognition and Competence in Middle Childhood.
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Pellegrini, David S. – Child Development, 1985
Evaluates fourth-to seventh-grade children on two aspects of social cognition: interpersonal understanding and means-ends problem-solving ability. Relates the two variables to sex, age, IQ, social class, and multiple dimensions of competence. Both variables significantly correlated with I.Q. while interpersonal understanding also correlated with…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Elementary Education, Empathy