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Ortiz, Arlene; Clinton, Amanda; Schaefer, Barbara A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
Convergent and discriminant validity evidence was examined for scores on the Spanish Record Form of the Bracken School Readiness Assessment, Third Edition (BSRA-3). Participants included a sample of 68 Hispanic, Spanish-speaking children ages 4 to 5 years enrolled in preschool programs in Puerto Rico. Scores obtained from the BSRA-3 Spanish Record…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Evidence, School Readiness, Scores
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Farran, Emily K.; Courbois, Yannick; Van Herwegen, Jo; Blades, Mark – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2012
The ability to learn a route through a virtual environment was assessed in 19 older children and adults with Williams syndrome (WS) and 40 typically developing (TD) children aged 6-9 years. In addition to comparing route-learning ability across groups, we were interested in whether participants show an adult-like differentiation between "useful"…
Descriptors: Evidence, Mental Retardation, Virtual Classrooms, Nonverbal Ability
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Lakin, Joni M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2012
Verbal and quantitative reasoning tests provide valuable information about cognitive abilities that are important to academic success. Information about these abilities may be particularly valuable to teachers of students who are English-language learners (ELL), because leveraging reasoning skills to support comprehension is a critical aptitude…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Cognitive Ability, Culture Fair Tests, Test Validity