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Direct linkMelanie Joann Ventura – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In clinical and forensic evaluations, clinical neuropsychologists measure performance validity using standalone and embedded measures. Given the need to capture neuropsychological functioning through a variety of cognitive tests, newer, more sensitive measures should be evaluated for their utility in comparison to already established measures.…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Adults, Measurement Techniques, Vocabulary
Anna Marie Hoyou – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This quasi-experimental study examined the impact of reading aloud using theme-based material on the change from baseline to study endpoint in Crystallized Intelligence (Gc) of first grade students (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2004). A total of 39 students (19 male, 20 female) from two districts in a Midwestern state were recruited to participate. To…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Intelligence, Retention (Psychology), Grade 1
Kyomi Dana Gregory – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the validity of teacher ratings for screening children's language skills. Teacher ratings were measured through the use of two tools, the "Children's Communication Checklist-2" (CCC-2; Bishop, 2006) and the "Teacher Rating of Oral Language and Literacy" (TROLL; Dickinson, McCabe, &…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Screening Tests, Rating Scales, Validity
Benson, Katie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which tri-weekly evidence-based vocabulary lessons implemented throughout the regular school day would increase kindergarten students' expressive and receptive vocabulary development, thus decreasing the vocabulary gap exhibited between low-income children and their more advantaged peers…
Descriptors: Poverty, Direct Instruction, Teaching Methods, Experimental Groups
Alvarado, John Henry – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The study sought to determine effects of leadership activity on emotional intelligence in preadolescents. Ninety-two Central California Valley sixth grade students in two schools and four classes were assessed on emotional intelligence. Treatment and comparison groups were identified. A Two-Way Repeated Measures ANOVA examined change over time…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Grade 6, Leadership
Muncy, Marla R. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
To focus on the need to improve literacy in rural Appalachia, this study investigates the use of Text Talk during read-aloud to increase the receptive vocabulary of participants. The investigator read six picturebooks to two groups of kindergarteners. Group A had 21 participants and Group B had 20 participants. Each group received instruction on…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Reading Instruction, Reading Aloud to Others, Vocabulary Development
