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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Cognitive Abilities Test"”.
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The three stratum theory of cognitive abilities: test of the structure of intelligence across the life span
… 1993). The purpose of this study was to test the three stratum theory using confirmatory factor analysis with the LISREL computer program. Developmental changes in the structure of intelligence were also investigated. Results provided support for the three stratum theory, suggesting the …
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A Validation Study of the Nonverbal Battery of the Cognitive Abilities Test at Grades 3, 4, and 6
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-12T19:54:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7714933.pdf: 5159271 bytes, checksum: 64765b670cb1be034fb6f405081b8a74 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1977
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A longitudinal predictive validity study of the relationships of formal and informal instruments to reading achievement test scores
… instruments as related to reading achievement test scores at the end of first grade, in sixth grade, and in ninth grade. Second, relationships between first grade reading achievement test scores and those at sixth and ninth grades were sought. Third, the relationships between two visual motor …
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THE EFFECTS OF READER CHARACTERISTICS, TEXT FEATURES, AND COMPREHENSION PROCESSES ON READING COMPREHENSION
When the psychological processes underlying test performance are understood, psychometric theory dictates that item difficulty can be explained through these processes. The goal of the project was to improve understanding of reading comprehension and the role of reader characteristics, passage …
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The Impact of After School Learning Centers on Low Achieving African American Elementary Students
… and analyzed Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test data administered in the Spring of 2008 from the state database and identified 419 African American low achieving fourth and fifth grade students for the study. The Educational Accountability Act of South Carolina requires that schools develop …
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Young, gifted and underachieving: examining the role of mentoring in assisting underachieving highly-able students achieve their educational potential.
… school population as indicated by standardised tests they completed prior to and upon admission. These tests were the Cognitive Abilities Test 3 and the Drumcondra Reasonsing Test. Teachers were also encouraged to identify students who they perceived to be highly able in their subject area. The …
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An investigation of the relationship between size of elementary school and academic achievement
… Public Schools who were administered the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and Cognitive Abilities Test during the 1977-78 school year and attended an elementary school with grades K-6 (approximately 13,000 pupils). Vari.ables which have been found in previous studies to have a relationship with …
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The relationship between sex-role stereotyping and the mathematic achievement of academically-talented tenth grade females
… the quantitative battery of the Houghton Mifflin Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT), the mathematics computation and mathematics concepts batteries of the CTB/McGraw-Hill Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS), and the Maferr Inventories of Feminine and Masculine Values. There was not a …
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An Investigation of the Combined Assessments Used as Entrance Criteria for a Gifted English Middle School Program
… The four entrance assessments evaluated were the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT), Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT), STEP Writing test, and the Iowa Test of Basic Skills: Reading (ITBS). The sample consisted of 150 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students studied longitudinally over the …
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The Validity And Reliability Of Value-Added And Target-Setting Procedures With Special Reference To Key Stage 3
… of Key Stage 2 data, and data from the NFER Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT), as baseline data for value-added procedures, was investigated using regression analysis. Wider perceptions of value-added procedures were opened up using detailed interviews with a representative cross-section of …
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Selected Characteristics of Children Referred for Psychiatric Evaluation
… the <em>General Anxiety Scale for Children</em>; cognitive ability, as measured by the <em>Cognitive Abilities Test, Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence Test</em>, or the <em>Otis-Lennon Mental Ability Test</em>; and family concept, as measured by the van der Veen <em>Family Unit Inventory</em>. One …
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The Effectivness Of The Jordanian Arabic Version Of The Cognitive Abilities Screening Test (cogat, Seven) In Identifying Gifted And Talented Children In Kindergarten And Elementray School
… gifted students based on their intellectual abilities. The new trend in the field is calling to adopt comprehensive evaluation procedures that start with screening all students especially at an early age.</p> <p>This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of using a Jordanian Arabic version …
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High-school students' productive struggles during the simplification of trigonometrical expressions and the proving of trigonometrical identities
… (for example, “simplification” or “proof”) or a cognitive process. A praxeology consists of two parts, namely (in Greek) the praxis, or “know how”, and the logos, or “know why”. The praxis is commonly known as the practical block, and the logos the theoretical block. This means that the …