Performance of Bilingual and Monolingual Hispanic Children on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised and the McCarthy Perceptual Performance Scale.

Sattler, Jerome M.; Altes, Linda M.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Performance of Bilingual and Monolingual Hispanic Children on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised and the McCarthy Perceptual Performance Scale.

Sattler, Jerome M.; Altes, Linda M.

Psychology in the Schools, v21 n3 p313-16 Jul 1984

Evaluated the receptive vocabulary ability and nonverbal cognitive ability of 20 Spanish-speaking and 11 bilingual Mexican-American preschool children. The children obtained significantly lower scores on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised than on the Perceptual Performance Scale of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities. Bilingual children obtained significantly higher scores. (JAC)

Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cognitive Ability, Hispanic Americans, Nonverbal Tests, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Spanish Speaking, Vocabulary Skills

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test

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