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Performance of Young People with Down Syndrome on the Leiter-R and British Picture Vocabulary Scales
Direct linkGlenn, S.; Cunningham, C. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
The British picture vocabulary scales (BPVS-II) and the Leiter international performance scales (Leiter-R), both restandardised in 1997, are often used in experimental studies to match individuals with intellectual impairment. Both provide a brief measure of mental age, and cover a wide ability range using a simple format. The BPVS-II assesses…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Nonverbal Ability, Intelligence Quotient, Mental Age
Peer reviewedMcDonald, Geraldine – Oxford Review of Education, 1998
Discusses the reasons for the rise in IQ scores over time. Demonstrates the effect of the decrease in age at levels of schooling on the rise in IQ scores utilizing the data from the 1936 and 1968 standardization of the Otis Intermediate Test of Mental Ability, Form A, in New Zealand. (CMK)
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Educational Change
