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Peer reviewedSlate, John R. – Psychology in the Schools, 1995
Discrepancies between IQ and Index scores on the WISC-III were investigated for a sample of students with Specific Learning Disability (SLD) and with mental retardation and evaluated but not classified. Consistent with the WISC-R literature, the discrepancies between Verbal and Performance IQs and higher Performance than Verbal IQs (which…
Descriptors: Children, Disabilities, Higher Education, Intelligence Quotient
Peer reviewedTownsend, Michael A. R.; Mahoney, Peggy – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
Measures of anxiety and achievement were obtained on a sample of undergraduate students. Highly anxious students had lower achievement on humorous tests. Students with low anxiety had higher achievement on humorous tests. Results indicate that humor is not a positive factor in reducing high anxiety associated with academic evaluations. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Affective Measures, Anxiety, College Students
Peer reviewedSchleuter, Stanley L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
The Musical Aptitude Profile (MAP) and four levels of the Iowa Tests of Music Literacy (ITML) were administered to university non-music majors to investigate the use of the "in doubt" test item response. The "in doubt" response was not used indiscriminately by the university students on either test battery. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Guessing (Tests), Higher Education, Research Projects
