Researchers have examined inductive reasoning to identify different cognitive processes when participants deal with inductive problems. This article presents a prescriptive theory of inductive reasoning that identifies cognitive processing using a procedural strategy for making comparisons. It is hypothesized that training in the use of the…

Problems facing African American students with special needs are numerous and complex. Although processes and procedures are in place to properly serve these students, far too many become ensnared in webs of bureaucracy and benign neglect. This article examines African American students? experiences with special education in Milwaukee Public…

We describe the cognitive profile in a complete national cohort of children with cerebral palsy (CP). One hundred and twenty-seven Icelandic children (67 females, 60 males) with CP, born between 1985 and 2000 and assessed between the ages of 4 and 6 years 6 months (mean age 5y 5mo, SD 6mo), were included in the study. IQ was measured using the…

The relationship between infants' performance on a Piagetian scale between the ages of 12 and 24 months and the infants' scores on the Stanford-Binet at the age of 31 months was assessed. (JMB)

This is the full report, and a separate research brief also was published. Austin Independent School District (AISD) served 5,450 pre-K students in 2009-2010. Approximately 70% of sampled English-speaking pre-K students and 74% of sampled Spanish-speaking pre-K students had faster than the expected growth rate on an assessment of receptive…

Differing findings exist on how Defining Issues Test (DIT) scores relate to intelligence. Further study is needed in order to address aspects of intellect not previously considered and to address how these relationships rival studies that have compared indices of intellect with constructs similar to DIT scores. In the present study, a sample of…

An argument that Binet must be regarded as a major theoretician of functional intelligence and should be considered for what is regarded as classical intelligence theory is advanced. A discourse on Binet's theory, its intellectual context and the developments it fostered is given. (JL)

Factor scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) were compared for two groups (total N=100) of cultural-familial mentally retarded youth (eight- to 11- and 13- to 16-year-olds) and one group of 50 nonretarded youth (eight- to 11-year-olds). (Author/SW)

The article reviews the development of infant cognitive assessment and describes selected tests. Considerations in choosing, administering, and interpreting the results of infant intelligence/cognitive assessment instruments are outlined. The usefulness of cognitive assessment is discussed as are new approaches to assessment. (Author/DB)

The article mentions six basic statements about sequential and simultaneous processes which are derived from A. Luria's clinical research. The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children is then judged in terms of these statements. Suggestions for constructing tests which will entail planning as well as simultaneous and successive measures are…

Article gives a brief history of intelligence testing and enters a plea for a better use of testing to meet the individual needs of students. (GB)

Twenty-six children ranging in age from 6 to 12 years whose tested IQ's were over 160 were tested on three Piagetian tasks of advanced concrete operations and two tests of formal operations. All children passed all concrete operations problems, but only four of the oldest boys passed the formal operations tasks. Findings are discussed in terms of…

One hundred deaf children with deaf parents performed significantly better than 100 deaf children with hearing parents on all performance subtest of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised. (CL)