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Peer reviewedKline, Rex B.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1993
Whether external validity of intelligence quotient (IQ) scores from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised is moderated by reading ability was studied with 382 Canadian elementary school students. Little evidence was found that IQ scores had less concurrent validity for poor readers. Implications for remedial services provision are…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Direct linkReiter, Betty A. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2004
This investigation explored the accuracy of a short form of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III} in predicting Full Scale IQ when administered as a separate test. The Dumont-Faro short form (i.e., Picture Completion, Information, Coding, Block Design, and Vocabulary; Dumont & Faro, 1993) was administered to 60…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Gifted, Eligibility, Prediction
West, Lloyd Wilbert – 1962
An investigation was designed to ascertain the effects of cultural background on selected intelligence tests and to identify instruments which validly measure intellectual ability with a minimum of cultural bias. A battery of tests, selected for factor analytic study, was administered and replicated at four grade levels to a sample of Metis and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Culture Fair Tests
Cyr, J.; Schnore, M. M. – Essence: Issues in the Study of Ageing, Dying, and Death, 1982
Separate predictions for educational attainment were made for the young-old (65-74 years) and the old-old (over 75 years) males and females. Results indicated that educational attainment for the young-old in year 2001 will equal that achieved by the 25- to 64-year-old group in 1971. Examines limitations and consequences of intelligence assessment.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Educational Attainment
Download full textKennett, Keith F. – 1973
A within cultural comparative examination of three samples of school-children residing in Saskatchewan, South Australia and Nova Scotia enabled the effects of family size and socioeconomic status on measured intelligence to be ascertained. Samples of schoolchildren in Regina (Canada), Adelaide (Australia) and Sydney (Canada), divided into…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary School Students, Family Environment, Family Influence
Dockrell, W. B., Ed. – 1970
Contents of this symposium comprises: Introduction (W. B. Dockrell); The Genetics of Intelligence (Sir C. Burt); Structuring Mental Acts (P. R. Merrifield); A "Piagetian" Test of Cognitive Development (R. D. Tuddenham); The British Intelligence Scale (R. W. Warburton); Intelligence (P. E. Vernon); Hierarchical Theories of Mental Ability…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Genetics, Intellectual Development
Peer reviewedBeauchamp, David P.; And Others – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1979
Differences were investigated in performance between third-grade American and Canadian children on two subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Revised. Results were discussed in terms of Canadian and American curriculum contents and test-taking experiences. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests, Educational Experience
Peer reviewedWright, Stephen C.; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1996
Examined whether Inuit children enter school with reduced intellectual skills and tested the possibility that environmental factors in the educational environment serve to disrupt or slow Inuit children's cognitive development. Findings show no deficiency in intellectual capacity at time of school entry. Factors affecting academic underachievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research
Toronto Board of Education (Ontario). Research Dept. – 1964
This 1964 report briefly describes a large-scale longitudinal study to assess the achievement of all students who entered the Toronto school system in either junior kindergarten (1960) or senior kindergarten (1961). To assess the effect of kindergarten on the students' later school achievement, and to examine the nature of school failure, it was…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Tests, Behavior Rating Scales, Creativity
McGonnell, Peter C. – 1970
Adults from King's County, Prince Edward Island participated in a Basic Training for Skill Development (BTSD) program, designed to improve their reading and computational skills. A total of 101 males and 29 females ranging in age 17-60 years and 17-50 years, respectively, were enrolled. Instruction was given for 25 hours each week over a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Basic Education, Arithmetic, Communication Skills
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Special Educational Services Branch. – 1986
This review of issues involved in the use of intelligence tests in Alberta (Canada) schools included consideration of: the nature of intelligence; the measurement of intelligence (instrument variables, examiner variables, and interpretation variables); student rights; implications of intelligence test results in decision making (labeling of…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Disabilities, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCommon, R. W.; Frost, L. G. – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1988
Examines misclassification of Native Canadian students' abilities with standardized intelligence test results. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (particularly verbal scale) results often reflect extent of acculturation, not personal capabilities. Paper indicates areas of needed research to find more appropriate ways of assessing…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Canada Natives, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedWilgosh, L.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1986
The article addresses minority assessment issues, describes a Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-- Revised (WISC-R) re-norming (for Inuit children) project, examines usefulness of the re-normed WISC-R and reports results of a study comparing gifted and average Inuit children on the WISC-R, Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test, and the Goodenough…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Eskimos
Peer reviewedSenior, Sharon – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1993
Reviews the literature on (1) the nature of intelligence; (2) controversy over the use of standardized intelligence tests with cultural minority groups; (3) arguments surrounding intelligence testing of Canadian Native students; (4) language barriers in standardized intelligence testing; and (5) the effects of self-concept and parent educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indians, Canada Natives
McGonnell, Peter C.; Morrison, Alfred E. – 1970
The basic education program designed by Method of Intellectual Development (MIND) Inc., was used with two samples of adults in an attempt to update their basic skills quickly and economically in a non-school environment. The two samples consisted of: 23 unemployed and underemployed males; and 24 females. Ages ranged from 17-24 years. The two…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Basic Education, Attitude Change, Females
