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Philippus, M. J. – 1967
Thirty bilingual Hispanoamerican students between the ages of eight and thirteen were given verbal and non-verbal intelligence tests which were then correlated with overall school grade point average. Non-verbal tests resulted in higher correlations; the Raven Colored Progressive Matrices appeared to be the best predictor of school successes of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Elementary School Students, Grade Point Average, Intelligence
Droege, Robert G. – 1971
The alternative suggested is comprised of three elements: 1) Working toward changes in attitudes of people and institutions to directly attack discriminatory applications of tests; 2) Emphasizing test validation and development by new test instruments oriented to the needs of disadvantaged applicants; and, 3) Eliminating discriminatory selection…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Competitive Selection, Educationally Disadvantaged, Job Placement
Brozovich, Richard; And Others – 1972
A study was conducted to: (1) provide normative data for the Brozovich-Hall Watson (BHW) scale, a non-verbal method of assessing cognitive style; (2) provide data for itwm revision and further refinement of the BHW; and (3) assess the effects of grade level (age), sex and socioeconomic status on cognitive style. The BHW was administered to 621…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Nicholson, Charles L. – Diagnostique, 1999
This article describes the Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence, an assessment designed to evaluate the intellectual ability of students ages 6 to 18.11 years for whom other mental ability tests are inappropriate or to enable comparisons between verbal and nonverbal intellectual ability. Its administration, standardization, reliability,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Disabilities, Disability Identification
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Test Collection. – 1977
The annotated bibliography describes 13 standardized tests appropriate for use with American Indians from preschool through high school levels, furnishing authors, copyright date, appropriate age level, physical format (microfiche), and publisher. A separate listing provides names, addresses, and telephone numbers of 33 major U.S. publishers of…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Aptitude Tests
Parnicky, Joseph J., Ed.; Kahn, Harris, Ed. – 1963
Vocational performance predictors were tested with 437 mildly retarded students (mean age 18 1/2, mean IQ 64) in a five-stage training situation progressing from half to full day and from on to off campus. Findings demonstrated considerable overlap as well as some independence among measures. High degrees of reliability and intercorrelation were…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Institutional Research, Institutional Schools, Job Training
Alberti, Jean M. – 1970
The purpose of this research was to develop and validate a self-report, group-administered, non-verbal inventory to measure Self Perception In School (SPS) among primary grade children. Inventory items were based on Sarbin's Role Theory. Since role may be studied in terms of the actions expected of an occupant of that position, the role of student…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Nonverbal Tests, Primary Education
Coordinating Office for Regional Resource Centers, Lexington, KY. – 1976
Intended as a resource tool for teachers, the document provides information on 35 tests judged by professionals in the field of special education to be used most often by teachers of handicapped students. In part I, a test matrix is presented with six test descriptor dimensions (administrative, response mode, reference, content, emphasis, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Lewis, Joan D. – 2001
Screening and identification for gifted services is frequently dependent on the students displaying certain typical behaviors associated with gifted learners as well as strong test taking skills. Children with backgrounds that differ from the mainstream are not well-represented in gifted programs because they never even get to, much less through,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Black Students, Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests
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Flowers, Patricia J.; Costa-Giomi, Eugenia – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1991
Assesses children's ability to indicate verbally and nonverbally their awareness of two-octave pitch shifts in a familiar song. Compares abilities of English- and Spanish-speaking children by age and by native language. Discovers older children indicate changes more proficiently whereas Spanish-speaking children respond less often. Finds many…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Auditory Training
Lytle, Jayne S. – 1987
If nonverbal decoding skills are impaired by cultural expectations and training, the deaf person will be further isolated from social participation. To identify factors that might account for inaccurate nonverbal decoding of deaf subjects, a study compared the decoding abilities of three groups of deaf college students (N=76) using R. Rosenthal's…
Descriptors: Body Language, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Deafness
Cowie, Colin – 1976
Questions often raised about intelligence tests are discussed: (1) the definition of intelligence; (2) the definition of intelligence quotient; (3) the kinds of tests available; (4) validity; (5) fairness to minority groups; (6) use made of test results; (7) differences in results among various intelligence tests; (8) differences in scores using…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Culture Fair Tests, Foreign Countries, Guides
Gilbert, Lynn E.; Shipman, Virginia C. – 1972
The TAMA was designed specifically for the Longitudinal Study as a nonverbal test of general knowledge. The test requires the child to point to the correct picture among three alternatives in response to a question. The two practice items and 25 test items are printed on bound cards, mostly in black and white. Items can be classified as follows:…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Tests, Data Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
Purl, Mabel C.; Curtis, Jonathan – 1970
The relationship of the Progressive Matrices Test (PM) to the Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence Test (LTIQ) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) is examined. Predictive power of these measures with respect to a number of achievement measures was also investigated. The initial sample consisted of 242 first graders and 281 second…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Correlation
Hopkins, Kenneth D. – 1971
The stability and change of verbal, non-verbal, and total IQ scores from group tests were investigated for students tested at Grades 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, and 11. Conclusions are discussed in detail, and the following recommendations are made: (1) Group intelligence tests should not be routinely administered in Grades 1 and 2 unless the users and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Educational Testing, Factor Analysis, Group Testing
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