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Elkind, David – Harvard Educ Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Environmental Influences, Genetics
WACHS, THEODORE D.; AND OTHERS – 1967
DO CHILDREN RAISED IN ENVIRONMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH LATER DEFICITS IN PSYCHOMETRIC INTELLIGENCE SHOW ANY DEFICITS DURING INFANCY AND, IF SO, WHEN DO SUCH DEFICITS APPEAR AND WHAT ABILITIES ARE AFFECTED. ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENCE. FIFTY-ONE SLUM INFANTS AND A CONTROL GROUP OF 51 NON-SLUM INFANTS…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
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Scott, Kirsten M.; de Wit, Isabella; Deary, Ian J. – Intelligence, 2006
We aimed to design alternative estimates of pre-morbid/prior intelligence to the National Adult Reading Test (NART) and the Spot-the-Word (STW) in order to tap non-vocabulary based knowledge stores. The rationale for the development of the new tests was that more cognitively able individuals acquire and retain more "singular facts" from their…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Articulation (Speech), Adults, Socioeconomic Background
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Clark, Lesley A.; Halford, Graeme S. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1983
Urban and rural Aboriginal- and Anglo-Australian children were tested for reading and math achievement, for nonverbal psychometric test intelligence, and for three cognitive styles. Psychometric intelligence was clearly a more powerful predictor of the effects of culture and location on school achievement than was cognitive style. (Author/CMG)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences