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Wimmer, Heinz; Mayringer, Heinz; Landerl, Karin. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 1998
Examines whether the characteristic reading speed impairment of German dyslexic children resulted from a general skill-automatization deficit or a phonological deficit. Tests a dyslexic and nondyslexic group of boys in grade 2. Concludes that difficulties in learning to read are due phonological deficit and not a general skill-automatization…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Grade 2, Learning Disabilities, Learning Problems
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Lohman, David F. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2005
In a recent article in this journal, Naglieri and Ford (2003) claimed that Black and Hispanic students are as likely to earn high scores on the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT; Naglieri, 1997a) as White students. However, the sample that Naglieri and Ford used was not representative of the U.S. school population as a whole and was quite…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Ability, Nonverbal Tests, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
Siskind, Theresa G. – 1991
Drawing tests are often used to provide confirmatory and supporting evidence of intelligence or intellectual functioning. The relationship between scores on these types of instruments and academic achievement was studied among graduate students seeking degrees in education. The sample consisted of 125 graduate students in education (93 women and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adults, Correlation
Smith, Douglas K. – 1988
The Matrix Analogies Test-Expanded Form (MAT-EF) and Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) were administered in counterbalanced order to two randomly selected samples of students in grades 2 through 5. The MAT-EF was recently developed to measure non-verbal reasoning. The samples included 26 non-handicapped second graders in a rural…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Chissom, Brad; And Others – 1978
The D-48 and D-70 (Dominoes) Tests, which are parallel forms of a non-verbal, cross-cultural test, were administered to 82 college students and 112 high school freshmen. Criterion scores were obtained on the Otis Quick Score and grade point average for the college students, and the Iowa Test of Basic Skills for the ninth-graders. Results showed a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Culture Fair Tests, Grade 9
Jensen, Arthur R. – 1973
An entire elementary school system with 60 percent white and 40 percent black children was given several ability tests administered by 12 white and eight black examiners. The tests measured verbal and nonverbal IQ, perceptual-motor cognitive development, "speed and persistence" under neutral and motivating instructions, listening attention, and…
Descriptors: Ability, Black Students, Blacks, Cognitive Tests
Ehrlich, Alan, Comp. – 1973
This bibliography contains an annotated listing of 21 verbal and nonverbal tests for children in bilingual programs. Included are tests of intelligence, general ability, and language proficiency. The languages covered are Spanish, English, French, and German. There is a brief description of each test, including information concerning its grade…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, English, French
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Wilgosh, L.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1986
The article addresses minority assessment issues, describes a Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-- Revised (WISC-R) re-norming (for Inuit children) project, examines usefulness of the re-normed WISC-R and reports results of a study comparing gifted and average Inuit children on the WISC-R, Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test, and the Goodenough…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Eskimos
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Reynolds, Cecil R. – School Psychology Review, 1983
New psychological and educational tests designed for more valid assessment of handicapped children are described and evaluated. The instruments reviewed include the Diagnostic Spelling Potential Test, Language Inventory for Teachers, Test of Language Development: Primary, Neuropsychological Questionnaire, Nonverbal Test of Cognitive Skills, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adults, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Bracken, Bruce A.; McCallum, R. Steve – 1998
This kit presents all components of the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT), a newly developed instrument designed to measure the general intelligence and cognitive abilities of children and adolescents (ages 5 through 17) who may be disadvantaged by traditional verbal and language-loaded measures such as children with speech, language,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Communication Disorders, Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests
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Fleming, James S.; De Avila, Edward A. – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1980
Two tests of cognitive development, the Cartoon Conservation Scales, Levels I and II, were designed to measure Piagetian stage-related constructs for children of different age groups. The tests were factor analyzed within age levels and were also analyzed using scalogram and tabular methods to test sequential hypotheses. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Cartoons, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Tests, Conservation (Concept)
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Carpenter, Patricia A.; And Others – Psychological Review, 1990
Cognitive processes in the Raven Progressive Matrices Test, a nonverbal test of analytic intelligence, are analyzed in terms of processes distinguishing between high- and low-scoring students and processes common to all subjects and test items. Two experiments with 89 college students identify the abilities distinguishing among individuals. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Computer Simulation
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Jordan, Nancy. C.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1992
Examined the performance of kindergartners from middle- and low-income families on arithmetic calculations presented in a nonverbal format and in three verbal formats. Children from middle-income families performed better than those from low-income families on verbal calculation tasks but not on the nonverbal task. (BC)
Descriptors: Addition, Arithmetic, Cognitive Development, Computation
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Groenveld, M.; Jan, J. E. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
Analysis of scores of 118 visually impaired children on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) and the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scales of Intelligence (Revised) found a consistent response pattern suggesting that the verbal as well as the performance tests provide useful assessment information. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Cognitive Development, Evaluation Methods, Intelligence
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Samaha, Nancy Vanderhey; De Lisi, Richard – Journal of Experimental Education, 2000
Studied collaborative reasoning in 86 seventh-grade minority students in an urban low-income school. Students who collaborated had higher percentages of fully correct explanations on the posttest than those who worked alone. Collaborative experiences were beneficial for reasoning about unfamiliar, moderately difficult, nonverbal problems. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
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