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Peer reviewedNaglieri, Jack A. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1982
Indices of scatter on the WISC-R and McCarthy Scales were examined for 20 educable mentally retarded and 20 learning disabled children in relation to 20 matched controls and to standardization samples. Exceptional children exhibited more subtest scatter and variability than the standardization sample but not more than the control group. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedSimons, Marc R.; Goh, David S. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Correlations between McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities and teachers' ratings of academic achievement were investigated. McCarthy Scales are useful in predicting achievement of normal children, but further research is needed with learning disabled students. Use of teachers' rating scales with low functioning children is discussed in light of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Elementary School Teachers, Intelligence Differences
Peer reviewedReynolds, Cecil R.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1981
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) and McCarthy Scales subtests were ranked according to relative reliance on left-cerebral-hemisphere function. Results suggest that black-white IQ discrepancies may be partially explained by differences in hemisphericity. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Blacks, Cerebral Dominance, Correlation, Early Childhood Education
