Under positive referral conditions testers obtained higher IQ scores, rated the child more favorably on Factors Affecting Test Performance and made more favorable recommendations than under negative referral conditions, thus supporting the hypothesis that the referral agent does influence the testing situation. (Author)

Reprints of an extended report based on an MA thesis from: M.L. Meltzer, Dept. of Psychology, George Washington University, Washington, D. C. 20006.

Traditional psychological testing programs and the role of the teacher in providing individualized instruction are typical of the problems and prospects for integrating our knowledge of how brain damage influences intellectual abilities with common problems in educational practice. (CH)

The four items on the scale that favored the Down syndrome Ss all involved figural content and visual-motor ability. The five items that favored the non-Down syndrome Ss generally involved semantic content, social intelligence, general comprehension, and/or judgment and reasoning. (Author/SB)

Results for 3,340 participants taking a battery of cognitive tests and an analysis of the Spanish standardization of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III support the differentiation of intelligence across the range of ability, with WAIS-III results more supportive of the differentiation theory. (SLD)

Investigated canonical relationship of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised Verbal and Performance scales. Found relationship to be similar to that of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, but less strong. Found two scales shared 46 percent of their variance. Results support independent interpretation of the Verbal and…

Provides tables of critical values for determining statistically significant discrepancies between Wechsler Verbal/Performance IQ and Wechsler Individual Achievement Test subtests and composite scores based on predicted-achievement method. Recommends that tables be used when statistically significant and diagnostically meaningful Verbal…