Background: Measuring the self-perceptions, thoughts, hopes and inner lives of persons with intellectual disabilities (ID) has long been a research challenge. Unlike objective or projective tests, semi-projective tasks may provide persons with ID with just enough structure or cues to convey their self-perceptions in a spontaneous and unbiased…

This study investigated whether a positive relationship between Bender-Gestalt performance and intelligence test scores would be found for Puerto Rican children and, as well, the generalizability of previous results obtained with Negro children. (Author/RK)

Argues that IQ tests are a valid method of determining student intelligence but that they should be used with caution and interpreted only by qualified individuals. For journal availability, see SO 505 800. (JR)

Cross-validated the effectiveness of the Satz-Mogel short form of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale controlling for the influence of age, racial-ethnic group, and IQ range. Results suggest that age and racial-ethnic group do not affect the short-form validity but that IQ range does. (Author)

The relationship among IQs of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R), Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (TONI), and Quick Test (QT) were investigated using 51 students (grades 2-8) with suspected learning problems. The subjects scored significantly higher on the TONI than on the WISC-R Verbal and Full Scales. (Author/VW)

Often regarded as equivalent instruments, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) yielded significantly different Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale scores for intellectually subaverage group, with WAIS-R consistently providing higher scores. This has implications for issues of…

The value of intelligence testing was extended beyond its intent, and psychologists were not answerable to any measure of accountability. Recently, the value of testing has been challenged in the courts and is now restricted by legislative mandate. Continued resistance by psychologists may lead to the demise of standardized intelligence tests.…

The author examines and rebuts arguments advanced by Michael Matthews, a Marxist critic of intelligence testing and IQ research. Arthur Jensen's views on the nature, heritability, and social importance of IQ are defended. (BS)

The parents of two gifted children describe their children's experiences with IQ testing, note their reactions to the process and the benefits of the testing. (Author/CL)

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)

Comparisons between Vane's standardization sample and the Puerto Rican group yielded no significant differences in full scale scores. On the Vocabulary subtest, Puerto Rican subjects earned lower mean scores; on the non-verbal subtests, they scored higher than the normative group. (Author)

Investigated the validity of the Luria-Nebraska Intellectual Processes Scale (IPS) as a substitute for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS). IPS scores were correlated with the three WAIS IQs, and regression equations were computed to obtain estimated Verbal IQ, Performance IQ, and Full Scale IQ. (Author)

Results indicated that males obtained higher scores on the verbal subtests. Females scored significantly higher on coding than did their counterparts. The verbal v performance IQ dichotomy did not appear as useful evidence in the diagnosis of learning disabilities. (Author)

Mentally retarded youngsters (N=80) aged 6 to 16, were tested on the WISC-R, primarily to assess the continuity of measurement between the old and new WISCs. There was evidence to support the continuity of the WISC-R with its predecessor for retarded populations. (Author)