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Hamers, J. H. M., Ed.; Sijtsma, K., Ed.; Ruijssenaars, A. J. J. M., Ed. – 1993
The first part of this volume is concerned with theoretical and conceptual issues concerning learning potential assessment. The second part deals with methodological and measurement issues in learning potential assessment, and the third part is devoted to research projects and practical applications of learning potential tests. The following…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests
Morgan, E. R. – 1957
This report discusses the relationship between bilingualism and mental development of bilingual children. After a review of the relevant literature, a specific study is described. The linguistic background of 648 children from 29 schools, age 10 through 12 inclusive, was measured with the Welsh Linguistic Background Scale. General intelligence was…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development
Kemery, Carmen – 1970
The purpose of this project was to administer the Motor Encoding Subtest of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (IPTA) to a population of 50 American Indian students, and compare their scores with the established norms of the ITPA. Indian students with chronological ages 5-9 enrolled in the first 4 grades at the Fort Thompson…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, Grade 1
Pascale, Pietro J.; Jakubovic, Shaena – 1971
The study reviewed the formats and psychometric rationale of several alleged culture-fair tests. Advantages and disadvantages of each instrument were examined and implications for compensatory education were discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Culture Fair Tests
Thomas, Sally A. – 1972
A study was conducted to investigate the impact certain cognitive styles or structures have in mediating the influence of aggressive television on young boys. Ss were 143 white middle class boys: 36 were 5 1/2-year-old kindergarteners; 30 were 6 1/2-year-old first graders; 36 were 7 1/2-year-old second graders; and 41 were 8 1/2-year-old third…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Development
Toronto Board of Education (Ontario). Research Dept. – 1966
The Draw-A-Classroom Test was designed to provide information (1) on how a child perceives the world and how this world is influenced by school experiences and (2) about the developing concepts and ideas in the child's mental, emotional, and social areas of growth. This test is one part of a larger Study of Achievement, and has been administered…
Descriptors: Achievement, Kindergarten Children, Measurement Instruments, Measurement Techniques
Loyola, Jaime L.; McBride, David F. – Diagnostique, 1991
This study of 34 bilingual Spanish/English children (ages 9-13) revealed the influence of a codeswitching or language mixing factor in performance on the Test de Vocabulario en Imagenes Peabody-Adaptacion Hispanoamericana, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised, their translations, and the combined results. Both combined/bilingual instruments'…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Code Switching (Language), Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests
Coordinating Office for Regional Resource Centers, Lexington, KY. – 1976
Provided via a text matrix and individual test descriptor sheets is information on 127 tests intended for evaluation of and educational prescription for preschool handicapped children. Brief sections explain the procedures used for selection of assessment devices and define each of the descriptor dimensions--type of assessment device,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Exceptional Child Education
Klein, Jeanne; Fitch, Marguerite – 1990
First grade students (38) viewed a theater production on the theme of friendship in a study designed to determine the degree of the students' dramatic literacy. General objectives of the study were to: (1) compare children's learning from live theater with their learning from television; (2) describe what children knew about the play they saw and…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Audience Response, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development
Tetreau, Bernard; Trahan, Michel – 1983
The Tetreau-Trahan Visual Interest Test (TTVIT) was constructed to counteract the influence of verbal and cognitive factors in the measurement of vocational interests. Two forms were developed--a pictorial test based on color slides of various occupations, as well as a verbal form to be used in comparative studies with samples of persons from…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, High Schools
de Angeli, Gerard – 1972
Certain aspects of the performance of adults on verbal reasoning tasks were studied. The four main objectives of the study were: to develop a self-instructional booklet for use in teaching adults the functional rules of classification; to construct a reliable instrument for use in assessing the capability of adults to perform verbal classification…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age, Autoinstructional Aids, Classification
Karmos, Ann H.; Karmos, Joseph S. – 1976
The Sliding Person Test (SPERT) is a nonverbal measure of self-ideal discrepancy. The original test was a wooden manipulative which Joseph S. Karmos designed in order to pursue the 1962 conclusions of John Shlien, that even at a high level of abstraction, self-esteem is not without and it is more related to the unique and personal items which an…
Descriptors: Counseling, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Higher Education
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Mason, H. L. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
An 18-month study of the use of the Blind Learning Aptitude Test at schools for visually impaired children in England and Wales found the test to be culturally fair and appropriate for use with children for whom English is a second language. Scores are compared with standardization data for visually impaired children in the United States.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Blindness, Cross Cultural Studies, Culture Fair Tests
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Jensen, Arthur R.; Whang, Patricia A. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1994
Results of a comparison of 73 Anglo American and 155 Chinese American (CA) fourth through sixth graders on an intelligence test and measures of the speed and consistency of retrieval of arithmetic facts from long-term memory are consistent with the hypothesis that accessing elementary arithmetic knowledge is more completely automatized in CA…
Descriptors: Addition, Anglo Americans, Arithmetic, Chinese Americans
Langley, Beth – 1976
Existing instruments for assessing brain damaged physically handicapped children are examined, and research on test modifications in the cognitive, communication, and motor performance domains is reviewed. Noted is the lack of tests standardized on a physically handicapped population. Cautions and criticisms are cited for modifications which have…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research
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