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Peer reviewedBergan, Alene; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Grade 4, Individual Differences, Intelligence Tests, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedCull, John G.; Hardy, Richard E. – Journal of Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Measurement
Peer reviewedSchooler, Douglas L.; Anderson, Robert L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1979
Analyzes preschoolers' scores on the Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration (VMI), the Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT), and the ABC Inventory (ABCI). Separate ANOVAs reveal no race effect on the VMI. Race differences favoring Whites are found for SIT and ABCI. There were no effects for sex on any measure. (Author)
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Eye Hand Coordination, Intelligence Tests, Motor Development
Peer reviewedArnkelsson, Gudmundur B. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1993
Discriminant validity of several psychological tests was investigated for 24 reading-retarded and 23 normal Icelandic fifth graders. Differentiation was greatest on verbal intelligence and on various other verbal tests. Results indicate the need for an adequate intelligence measure in Iceland and development of refined measures of verbal skills.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 5
Peer reviewedShaughnessy, Michael F.; Moore, Jack N. – Psychology in the Schools, 1994
Paper explores the use of an intelligence test in a southwestern university. Honor students performed significantly better than the average freshmen and the developmental/remedial students. Results suggest that developmental students lack specific cognitive abilities as well as some higher order thinking skills. Implications are discussed. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Williams, Brian Robert – 1994
This book is a biography of Dr. K. S. Cunningham, founding director of the Australian Council for Educational Research. Cunningham is considered one of the most influential figures in the development of education, psychology, and the social sciences in Australia. The biography examines Cunningham's early family life, his educational experiences,…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Psychology, Educational Research, Educational Researchers
Download full textBarrows, Thomas S.; And Others – 1977
A detailed explicit definition of learning disability (LD) is presented in terms of the diagnostic procedures and decision points used in identifying that category among a group of juvenile delinquent and control group adolescent males. The described procedures include a review of existing records, interviews, and diagnostic assessments.…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Delinquency, Diagnostic Tests, Emotional Disturbances
Dent, Harold E.; Williams, Robert L. – 1973
The psychological testing of blacks and other minorities inflicts dehumanization upon them by subjecting them to culturally-biased examinations. These tests are defended on "scientific" grounds, although it is evident that they are simply a form of institutionalized racism. Standardized tests of intelligence reflect a middle-class white bias that…
Descriptors: Black Students, Blacks, Equal Education, Intelligence Tests
Dent, Harold E. – 1976
Large numbers of black children are being inappropriately labeled as handicapped. One study in California has shown that as many as 75% of the minority students in public school programs for the educable mentally retarded were not, in fact, retarded. In many instances a student's behavior, rather than pure academic performance, was the primary…
Descriptors: Black Students, Handicapped Children, Intelligence Tests, Labeling (of Persons)
Weshner, Margaret C. – 1972
School systems are perpetuating racial segregation within integrated schools through intelligence tests and special education classes. Disproportionate numbers of blacks, American Indians, Mexican Americans and Puerto Rican Americans have been placed in classes for the emotionally disturbed or mentally retarded. Suits have been brought against the…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Intelligence Tests, Minority Group Children, Psychological Testing
Peer reviewedTramill, James L.; Tramill, Janis K. – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
A comparison of reading subtests of the Wide Range Achievement Test, Peabody Individual Achievement Test, and Slosson Oral Reading Test showed a high correlation between the WRAT and PIAT. Suggests the WRAT and PIAT measure the same dimension of reading achievement, possibly verbal fluency. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests
Peer reviewedGenshaft, Judy L.; Flanagan, Dawn P. – School Psychology Review, 1997
Purpose of mini-series is to present current conceptualizations of the structure of intelligence, new research on human cognitive abilities and their interpretations, and pertinent, practical considerations regarding the use of intelligence tests in schools. Discusses educational-policy issues as well as diagnostic and treatment-utility issues.…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Educational Policy, Group Testing, Intelligence Tests
Ackerman, Phillip L. – 1996
With few exceptions, the development of adult intelligence assessment instruments has proceeded along the lines of the Binet-Simon tests for children, stressing psychological assessment over the evaluation of what an individual knows. These tests, developed over 90 years ago, were quite effective in predicting school success, but were much less…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adults, Definitions, Individual Differences
Sternberg, Robert J. – 1986
Critical thinking comprises the mental processes, strategies, and representations people use to solve problems, make decisions, and learn new concepts. The study of critical thinking combines the educational, philosophical, and psychological traditions of thought. R. Ennis offers a philosophical taxonomy suggesting that critical thinking results…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Intelligence Tests
BALL, RACHELL S.; STOTT, LELAND H. – 1963
AN INVESTIGATION AND EVALUATION OF TOTAL INFANT AND PRESCHOOL MENTAL TESTING SITUATIONS AND SOME CONCLUSIONS AS TO THE CURRENT NEEDS IN THIS AREA ARE PRESENTED. THESE APPROACHES ARE MADE TO THE PROBLEM. FIRST, THE THEORETICAL THINKING ON THE NATURE OF INTELLIGENCE AND HOW IT DEVELOPS IN CHILDREN IS TRACED. THERE HAS BEEN DISAGREEMENT OVER THE…
Descriptors: Child Development, Factor Analysis, Intellectual Development, Intelligence Tests
