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Beaty, Roger E.; Johnson, Dan R.; Zeitlen, Daniel C.; Forthmann, Boris – Creativity Research Journal, 2022
Semantic distance is increasingly used for automated scoring of originality on divergent thinking tasks, such as the Alternate Uses Task (AUT). Despite some psychometric support for semantic distance -- including positive correlations with human creativity ratings -- additional work is needed to optimize its reliability and validity, including…
Descriptors: Semantics, Scoring, Creative Thinking, Creativity
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Rajabpour Azizi, Maryam; Rajabpour Azizi, Zahra; Akhavan Tafti, Mahnaz; Mohamadzadeh, Shirin – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2022
This study compared students with specific learning disorders (SLDs) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) based on the Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale (FEATS). Thirty students with SLDs, 30 students with ADHD, and 30 students without SLDs/ADHD in Babol (Iran) completed the Person Picking an Apple from a Tree (PPAT) assessment.…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Foreign Countries
Pearson, 2018
The Wechsler Intelligence Test for Children -- Fifth Edition (WISC-V) is a comprehensive intellectual ability assessment for children. The WISC-V was developed over the course of five years by an expert team including doctoral-level scientists and clinicians and an advisory panel, who provided expert advice about intellectual ability testing,…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Children, Cognitive Ability, Adolescents
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Georgiou, George K.; Das, J. P. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
The present study aimed to examine the nature of the working memory and general cognitive ability deficits experienced by university students with a specific reading comprehension deficit. A total of 32 university students with poor reading comprehension but average word-reading skills and 60 age-word-matched controls with no comprehension…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, College Students, Reading Difficulties, Short Term Memory
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Goetz, Ernest T.; Hall, Robert J. – Journal of Special Education, 1984
Four areas of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children are critically examined from an information processing perspective: theory, tests, scales and scores, and interpretation and educational applications. It is concluded that the promise of a marked improvement in intellectual assessment went unfulfilled. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests, Scoring
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Keith, Timothy Z.; Fine, Jodene Goldenring; Taub, Gordon E.; Reynolds, Matthew R.; Kranzler, John H. – School Psychology Review, 2006
The recently published fourth edition of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV) represents a considerable departure from previous versions of the scale. The structure of the instrument has changed, and some subtests have been added and others deleted. The technical manual for the WISC-IV provided evidence supporting this new…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Models, Intelligence Tests, Measures (Individuals)