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Stability of Performance on the PPVT-R for Three Ethnic Groups Attending a Bilingual Kindergarten.
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Scruggs, Thomas E.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Examined the degree of temporal stability of the PPVT-R for 56 Native-American, Mexican-American, and Anglo-American kindergarten children. In addition, stability was examined for home language groups. Results indicated that strong temporal stability existed over an eight-month period for all students. (JAC)
Descriptors: American Indians, Anglo Americans, Bilingual Students, Kindergarten Children
Affective and Associative Qualities in the Learning Styles of Chicanos and Anglos
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Garza, Raymond T. – Psychology in the Schools, 1978
The role of affective and associative meaningfulness in the learning styles of Chicanos and Anglos was examined. Chicano and Anglo undergraduates (N=64) were compared on learning of affectively and associatively assessed consonant-vowel-consonant trigrams. Chicanos differed significantly from Anglos in affective learning scale. (Author)
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Cognitive Style, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Reliability of the Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices for Anglo and for Mexican-American Children.
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Valencia, Richard R. – Psychology in the Schools, 1984
Investigated the internal consistency reliability estimates of the Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM) for 96 Anglo and Mexican American third-grade boys from low socioeconomic status background. The results showed that the reliability estimates of the CPM for the two ethnic groups were acceptably high and extremely similar in magnitude.…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Lower Class Students
Evaluation of Potential for Change in Junior-High-Age Youth from American Indian, Mexican, and Anglo Ethnic Backgrounds
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Mason, Evelyn P.; Locasso, Richard M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1972
In the face of previous evidence that academic achievement for disadvantaged adolescents either remains stationary or declines the most significant finding of the present study was the evidence that on no criterion measure did any ethnic group do significantly less well on the after test. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Behavior Change
The WISC-R and Evidence of Item Bias for Native-American Navajos.
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Mishra, Shitala P. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Investigated cultural bias in 79 items of three verbal tests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R). Administered three subtests to 40 Anglo- and 40 Native-American Navajo subjects. Results indicated 15 of 79 items (information, similarities, and vocabulary subtests) were biased against the Navajo sample. (Author)
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Children, Comparative Analysis, Culture Fair Tests
Comparison of Behavioral Ratings of Anglo-American and Mexican-American Gifted Children.
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Argulewicz, Ed N.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Completed behavioral ratings on four subscales of Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students (SRBCSS) on groups of Anglo- (N=491) and Mexican-American gifted students (N=34). Significant ethnic differences were found on the learning and motivation scales. There were no significant differences on creativity and leadership…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Behavior Rating Scales, Children, Cognitive Style
Comparison of Intellectual Performance of Chicano and Anglo Third-Grade Boys on the Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices.
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Valencia, Richard R. – Psychology in the Schools, 1979
Compares the nonverbal intellectual performance as measured by the Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices of Chicano and Anglo third-grade boys. When language status and cultural content of the testing instrument are controlled, mean group differences become negligible. This is a sound intelligence measure for use with Chicano children. (Author)
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students