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Lynn, Richard; Hampson, Susan – Intelligence, 1986
The hypothesis was investigated that conflicting evidence on Japanese intelligence has arisen because the Japanese have a distinctive profile of abilities. It was found that Japanese children do not differ from American children on general intelligence, score higher on the group perceptual factor, and lower on the group verbal factor. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cross Cultural Studies, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students
Foss, Jean M. – 2001
This digest provides an overview of nonverbal learning disabilities (NLD) along with principles for designing and implementing instructional interventions to address its effects. It begins by explaining characteristics of students with NLD, including their tendency to focus on details rather than on the larger picture, the difficulties they may…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Disabilities
Liu, Jinghua; Feigenbaum, Miriam; Cook, Linda – College Entrance Examination Board, 2004
This study explored possible configurations of the new SAT® critical reading section without analogy items. The item pool contained items from SAT verbal (SAT-V) sections of 14 previously administered SAT tests, calibrated using the three-parameter logistic IRT model. Multiple versions of several prototypes that do not contain analogy items were…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Critical Reading, Logical Thinking, Difficulty Level
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Wolfinger, Donna M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1982
Effect of science instruction on young children's (N=64) concept of Piagetian physical causality was investigated. Results indicate, that pre/concrete-operational children can learn and apply a definition of living when that definition is taught through observable characteristics. Additional results and implications for elementary science…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages
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Hertzog, Christopher; Carter, Louise – Intelligence, 1982
A comparative factor analysis on intelligence data from four sex-by-generation groups was performed using the LISREL model. Spatial and verbal factors were isolated. Results were consistent with the hypothesis that males and females have similar intellectual structure. There were sex and generational differences in spatial and verbal factor means.…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Measurement, Factor Analysis
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Dean, Raymond S.; Kundert, Deborah King – Journal of School Psychology, 1981
Experimental results indicated that verbal intelligence was the best predictor of childrens' overall performance on a paired-associate learning task. Teachers' ratings provided a surprising degree of predictive efficiency for abstract recall which was redundant with verbal intelligence. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Aptitude, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Decker, Warren D. – Communication Education, 1982
Suggests that the verbal score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test is not an adequate criterion for assigning students to remedial communication instruction. Concludes that the communication skills deficit model demonstrates the capacity for consistent measurement of communication skills if evaluators are trained to use the same decision-making…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Communication Research, Communication Skills
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Winn, William – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1982
Results of this study suggest that diagrams provide different types of information for ninth-grade students (N=273) and that learners process each type differently. Flow diagrams running across a page from either left to right or right to left, or with or without drawings of dinosaurs, were used. (JN)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Diagrams, Grade 9, Junior High School Students
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Constantino, Guiseppe; And Others – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1981
Study results indicated that the TEMAS (Tell-me-a-story), a new thematic apperception test which depicts ethnic minority figures, cultural themes, and urban backgrounds, produced increased responsiveness in 76 Hispanic children to culturally relevant stimuli and may be a promising instrument for assessment of minority children. (CM)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Education
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McGinn, Peter V.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
Fifty-one very bright adolescents participated in a productive-thinking program and a challenging course in either creative writing or the social sciences. The program produced significant gains in verbal intelligence scores. The productive-thinking program also significantly raised scores on measures of creativity. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Creative Development, Creative Writing, Creativity
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Bers, Trudy – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 1997
Describes a study done at Oakton Community College which assessed how student characteristics, self-perceptions, academic skills, and course-taking patterns can predict academic achievement. Findings show that students have unrealistic perceptions of their own academic competency and that math skills are a stronger predictor of academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Course Selection (Students), Educational Testing
Little Soldier, Lee – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1989
Finds that, in 50 primary classrooms with a majority of Native American students, the language development of Native American students was enhanced by open and informal classroom organization, small group activity, flexible time parameters, student autonomy, a positive teacher-student relationship, cooperative learning, and use of culturally…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Class Organization, Classroom Communication
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Weakliem, David; And Others – Sociology of Education, 1995
Maintains that intellectual ability has become a more important determinant of occupational success in recent decades, resulting in increased social class differences. Finds that, contrary to the usual view, class differences have become smaller and current social problems cannot be ascribed to low-ability people in the lower classes. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Educational Change, Educational History, Intelligence Differences
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Cahan, Sorel; Ganor, Yael – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1995
Examined gender differences in spatial, verbal, and mathematical ability in 11,000 Israeli elementary school children. In each test the variance for boys exceeded girls by 10% to 20%. Consistent cross-grade differences in mean achievement were found only for mathematical ability. These results contradict American findings that show no gender…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
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Korkman, Marit; Pesonen, Aino-Elina – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
Comparison of eight-year-old children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (n=21), learning disorder (LD) (n=12), or both (n=27) on neuropsychological measures found that ADHD children were impaired in control and inhibition of impulses; children with LD in phonological awareness, verbal memory span, storytelling, and verbal IQ;…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis
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