Concludes that the addition of Digit Span and Mazes in the WISC battery serves to depress verbal, performance, and full scale IQs of the high achieving students. (RB)

The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) was compared to the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Revised (WISC-R) in a sample of 30 children with reading disabilities who had been referred to a university clinic. All the children completed the WISC-R; nineteen children completed Form A and eleven children completed Form B of the PPVT. All…

The study compared the relationships of more easily administered intelligence screening instruments with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) to determine the validity of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, the Slosson Intelligence Test, and the Raven Progressive Matrices among reading disabled children. The screening measures were…

The purpose of this bulletin is to acquaint the reading teacher with the organization and administration of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC). Procedures are suggested for analyzing WISC scores in ways that may yield valuable information for teachers who seek to remediate the student's reading disability. The bulletin contains…

WISC-R was administered to 76 subjects from rural school districts referred to a consulting school psychologist for learning problems. Each subject's results on old and new color formats of Coding B subtest were compared. Results suggest possibility of a color enhancement effect, at least with students having learning problems. (Author)

This report is a review of reliability data on the PPVT obtained from 32 research studies published between 1965 and 1974. For average children in the elementary grades, and for retarded people of all ages, PPVT scores remained relatively stable over time and there was close equivalence between alternate forms. (Author)

Examined performance of matched pairs of black and white fourth- and fifth-grade males and females on Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC). Findings suggest black children will likely earn similar WISC-R and K-ABC mean scores. The conclusion that K-ABC reduces difference…

The authors' reply to Thompson and Brassards's comments (TM 508 778) about their review of the Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery (WJPEB) is presented. Issues addressed include different standardization procedures for the WJPEB and WISC-R; the ability versus achievement nature of the WJTCA; and the mean score discrepancy between the…

Scatter on the five specific scales in the McCarthy was examined to explore the types of ability profiles exhibited by normal children. Contrary to the common stereotype of "flat" profiles, normal children aged 2-1/2 to 8-1/2 years evidenced much variability in their performance on the various cognitive and motor dimensions. (Author)

Explored the relationships of the Revised Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT-R), Peabody Individual Achievement Test, and the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities in elementary students. The PPVT-R appears to be most appropriate as a brief measure of verbal comprehension, rather than a substitute for the McCarthy scales. (JAC)

The study involving 145 students (5-13 years old) referred for psychological evaluation explored the consequences of retesting upon student placement and the changes in test results. (SBH)

The study explored the intellectual functioning of 90 hyperkinetic, minimally brain damaged boys (mean age 12 years) via an analysis of student test performance in relation to the factor composition of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC). (SBH)

Fifteen male and 15 female friendship pairs at three grade levels (grades 5, 7 and 9) participated in a study of interpersonal perceptions of friendship. Each subject expressed an intelligence perception of self, friend, ideal friend and expected rating of self by the friend. Results are discussed. (CM)

Examines two intelligence tests, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) and the Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT), that are frequently used as screening tests and compares each with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC). (FL)