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Effects of Parental Education Level on Fluid Intelligence of Philippine Public School Students
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Vista, Alvin D.; Grantham, Tarek C. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2010
This study examines the effect of parental education levels (PELs) on the fluid intelligence of Filipino public school students. The data were drawn from a normative study of a nonverbal intelligence test involving more than 2,700 students sampled across the country. As expected, PELs have a significant impact on fluid intelligence as measured…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Nonverbal Tests
Transferability of Norms and Its Implication in Cross-Cultural Gifted Education: Norming Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT) in the Philippine Public Schools
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Vista, Alvin; Grantham, Tarek – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2009
This is a normative study to investigate the transferability of norms from western-based intelligence tests to Filipino students. More than 2,700 Filipino sixth graders were sampled across the country and administered the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT). Scores were then compared to the US normative sample. The results showed no significant…
Descriptors: Gifted, Nonverbal Tests, Intelligence Tests, Norms
The Predictive Accuracy of Verbal, Quantitative, and Nonverbal Reasoning Tests: Consequences for Talent Identification and Program Diversity
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Lakin, Joni M.; Lohman, David F. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2011
Effective talent-identification procedures minimize the proportion of students whose subsequent performance indicates that they were mistakenly included in or excluded from the program. Classification errors occur when students who were predicted to excel subsequently do not excel or when students who were not predicted to excel do. Using a…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Predictive Validity, Nonverbal Tests, Second Language Learning
Hemispheric Correlates of the Rod-And-Frame Test.
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Berlin, Donna F.; Languis, Marlin L. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Right-handed sixth graders were administered the WISC Block Design and verbal and nonverbal versions of the Rod-and-Frame Test (RFT), measuring field dependence/independence. Results seemed to reflect a right hemisphere processing for the nonverbal RFT and a possible sex bias against girls in its traditional verbal administration. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Grade 6
Spatial Ability and the Academic Success of Sixth Grade Students at International Schools.
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Haldimann, Martha – International Schools Journal, 1999
Tested the spatial ability of 423 sixth-grade students in international schools around the world, using the Institute for Academic Advancement of Youth's Spatial Test Battery (STB). Results showed the STB's ability to predict the future academic success of sixth graders, regardless of their familiarity with English. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 6