One hundred eighty-eight randomly selected case studies of adjudicated adolescents were analyzed to determine their intellectual levels and the scholastic achievement levels in reading and arithmetic. (CL)

Eighteen mentally retarded children were selected for study because they exhibited low levels of skills in sitting, eye contact on command, and following other commands. Ten other children were selected because they showed high levels of those skills. High skill Ss were found to have higher scores on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test. Training…

Reprinted from The California Palms, (December 1969). (JJ)

Findings showed an almost even percentage of boys and girls, that more girls had fathers with doctorate degrees, that girls' arithmetic and spatial abilities were not significantly different from boys', that girls increased or decreased in IQ more than boys in high school, and that boys' IQs and grade point averages were significantly correlated…

Examined were the effects of chronological age and mental age on the understanding of logical rules by four subject groups (10- to 14-years-old): 10 average IQ Ss, 10 learning disabled Ss, 10 older educable retarded Ss and 10 younger educable retarded Ss. (Author/CL)

Fifty previously institutionalized educable retarded adults were retested approximately 3 years after discharge to ascertain if community living produced a change in IQ or academic achievement, measured by the WAIS and Metropolitan Achievement Battery. (Author)