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Cross-Cultural Differences in Visuo-Spatial Processing and the Culture-Fairness of Visuo-Spatial Intelligence Tests: An Integrative Review and a Model for Matrices Tasks
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Gonthier, Corentin – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2022
Visuo-spatial reasoning tests, such as Raven's matrices, Cattell's culture-fair test, or various subtests of the Wechsler scales, are frequently used to estimate intelligence scores in the context of inter-racial comparisons. This has led to several high-profile works claiming that certain ethnic groups have lower intelligence than others,…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Visual Perception, Spatial Ability, Culture Fair Tests
Reading as a Cultural Tool for Neurocognitive Development: A Complex Interactive Relationship between Reading Acquisition and Visuospatial Development for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians
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Freire, Melissa R.; Pammer, Kristen – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2022
Standard Australian reading assessment tests are criticized for being culturally inappropriate for use with Australian Indigenous children, particularly for those living in remote and very remote regions, as these tests are culturally biased towards mainstream Australian culture and imperceptive to Indigenous knowledge, language, concepts, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Reading Skills, Spatial Ability
Proceedings of the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) (16th, Cagliari, Italy, November 7-9, 2019)
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed.; Mascia, Maria Lidia, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
These proceedings contain the papers of the 16th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2019), held during November 7-9, 2019, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) and co-organised by University Degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Engineering Education, Critical Thinking
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Spelke, Elizabeth S.; Kinzler, Katherine D. – Developmental Science, 2007
Human cognition is founded, in part, on four systems for representing objects, actions, number, and space. It may be based, as well, on a fifth system for representing social partners. Each system has deep roots in human phylogeny and ontogeny, and it guides and shapes the mental lives of adults. Converging research on human infants, non-human…
Descriptors: Infants, Knowledge Level, Cognitive Development, Animals
General Intelligence, Visuospatial and Verbal Abilities in Korean Children.
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Lynn, Richard; Song, Myung Ja – Personality and Individual Differences, 1994
Nine-year olds completed measures of general intelligence, visuospatial ability, and verbal fluency. Subjects were 107 Korean children and 115 British children. Found that Korean children scored higher on general intelligence and visuospatial ability and lower on verbal fluency than British children. (BC)
Descriptors: Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Patterns of Intellectual Differences of Black, Hispanic, and White Children.
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Taylor, Ronald L.; Richards, Stephen B. – Psychology in the Schools, 1991
Examined patterns of intellectual differences among children (n=300) of different ethnic groups on Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised. Results indicated that when overall intelligence quotient was held constant, Black children performed better on verbal tasks, Hispanic children performed better on visual-spatial tasks, and White…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Black Students, Children, Cognitive Style
A Review of Psychological and Educational Assessment of Northern American Indian/Alaska Native Children.
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Amos, Terese Lipinski – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1997
Reviews the literature on psychological and educational assessment of American Indian and Alaska Native children, including the background psychological factors of biological deprivation, motivation, attitudes toward self, and traditional nonformal education. Discusses brain hemispheres, visuospatial skills, otitis media, fetal alcohol syndrome,…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Canada Natives, Children