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Mrazik, Martin; Janzen, Troy M.; Dombrowski, Stefan C.; Barford, Sean W.; Krawchuk, Lindsey L. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2012
A total of 19 graduate students enrolled in a graduate course conducted 6 consecutive administrations of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, 4th edition (WISC-IV, Canadian version). Test protocols were examined to obtain data describing the frequency of examiner errors, including administration and scoring errors. Results identified 511…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Intelligence, Statistical Analysis, Scoring
Holmes, Douglas S. – Psychol Rep, 1969
Descriptors: Decision Making, Intelligence, Personality Theories, Psychological Testing
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Webb, Allen P. – Psychology in the Schools, 1973
Comments on an article in a previous issue of this journal (v9 n3 1972). (CJ)
Descriptors: Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Psychological Testing, School Psychologists
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Belmont, John M. – Intelligence, 1983
In an earlier article, Hunt envisions the automation of intelligence testing, but he appears to be overly optimistic. He neglects to mention conceptual and practical difficulties at the interface of measurement and theory that place psychometry not in the dawn of microcomputerization, but rather more nearly in its primordium. (Author)
Descriptors: Editorials, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Microcomputers
Miller, Harold R. – Psychol Rep, 1969
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Theories, Case Studies, Intelligence
Wysocki, Boleslaw A.; Wysocki, Aydin C. – Psychol Rep, 1969
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Design Requirements, Intelligence, Psychological Testing
Hilliard, Asa G., III – 1979
The standardized IQ tests which are in use in the schools are scientifically and pedagogically without merit. The construct "intelligence" is a hypothetical notion whose valid expression has yet to be born. IQ tests and the construct of intelligence can be discarded at present, and teaching strategies would be unaffected. To successful teachers…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Identification, Intelligence, Intelligence Quotient
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Deese, James – Intelligence, 1993
The history of the concept of intelligence is reviewed, and the construction and uses of psychological tests are explored. Skills consist of a large number of abilities. It is argued that the psychological entity, intelligence, is determined by particular contexts, contexts often induced by social demands. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Context Effect
Mohs, Mayo – Discover, 1982
New research shows that Japanese achieved significantly higher average IQ scores than did their American counterparts. These results provide the focus of a discussion on the nature/nurture controversey, validity of using IQ scores in comparing mental capacity of races and nationality groups, and other factors related to intelligence testing. (JN)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Intelligence, Intelligence Quotient
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1964
This conference focuses upon various aspects of testing within a society, and upon technical advances in measurement. Philip H. DuBois's paper deals with China, a society dominated by tests, from 1115 BC--1905 AD. Donald W. Fiske discusses the effect of testing on the individual in modern America in his paper, "The Subject Looks at…
Descriptors: Asian History, Culture Fair Tests, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries