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Peer reviewedWikoff, Richard L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1979
The results of this study indicate that the WISC-R IQs are good predictors of achievement. They predict general achievement as represented by the PIAT total score and achievement in specific areas including reading recognition, mathematics, and spelling as measured by the PIAT. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education
Dudek, S. Z.; and others – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Grade 1, Grade 2
Peer reviewedPfeffer, R. I.; And Others – Journal of Gerontology, 1982
Evaluated two measures of social function in 195 older adults who underwent neurological, cognitive, and affective assessment. Found the Functional Activities Questionnaire superior to the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale in discriminating among functional levels and in predicting neurologist ratings and cognitive scores. (Author)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Daily Living Skills
Peer reviewedDaneman, Meredyth – Intelligence, 1982
The effectiveness of a measure of the processing capacity of working memory, called the reading span test, is demonstrated in predicting performance and understanding individual differences in reading comprehension. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Intelligence
An Assessment of Cognitive Behavior of Economically Disadvantaged Young Adults in North Mississippi.
Download full textWolfe, Lillian S.; And Others – 1973
This study sought to determine the appropriateness of two conventional intelligence tests for assessing the ability of economically deprived young adults participating in job training programs by comparing their test results with those of the test standardization groups. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), and the Langmuir Oral Direction…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Ability, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedSternberg, Robert J.; Grigorenko, Elena L.; Bundy, Donald A. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2001
Reviews findings on the predictive validity of psychometric tests of intelligence. Concludes that conventional tests of intelligence can be useful but only if they are interpreted very carefully, taking into account the factors that can affect them, and in conjunction with other measures. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Children, Cognitive Ability, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedHakstian, A. Ralph; Gale, Cheryl A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1979
Sections of the Comprehensive Ability Battery, the High School Personality Questionnaire, and the School Motivation Analysis Test were administered to a sample of tenth grade students. Correlations of these measures with end of year grades and among each other are presented. (JKS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Correlation, Grade 10
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1963
Conference speakers reviewed and analyzed the current thinking underlying the basic concepts of test norms, reliability, and validity. Roger T. Lennon's paper called for more attention to the development of norming theory and summarized current norming practices and the establishment of a system which would permit comparable norms for tests which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, College Students, Educational Testing
