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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"Intelligence tests"”.
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Does phonological processing, a specific subtype of dyslexia, impact performance on intelligence tests?
… included: full scale IQ scores from the Weschler Intelligence Test for Children- Fourth Edition and 3 subtest scores from The Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing. The 3 subtest scores used were: Elision, Rapid Color Naming, and Rapid Object Naming. A correlation was done between the all …
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The Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices, Metropolitan Readiness and Detroit First Grade Intelligence Tests as Predictors of Achievement in Primary Grades
This study was designed to investigate the extent to which the Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices Test {RPM) correlates with academic performance; and, when used with the MRT, the extent to which it increases the efficiency of predicting school achievement. Of principal interest were primary …
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A Survey of the Literature of Intelligence Tests Being Used in Helping to Determine the Intellectual Abilities of Cerebral Palsied Children
This paper will attempt to discover if suitable intelligence tests are available and are being used to help determine intellectual abilities of the cerebral palsied child.
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Relationship between socio-economic status and achievement in mathematics for three hundred eighth-grade children in Modesto, California
… a review of socio-economic status in relation to intelligence (as revealed in studies in the field) is first made because of the wide use of intelligence tests in an attempt to determine the child’s ability to succeed in school.
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A Study of the Influence of Boy Scout Experience on Educational Achievement
… for learning as measured by standardized intelligence tests. The null hypothesis, that there was no difference in achievement between scouts and non-scouts of equal basic ability, was tested.
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An analysis and criticism of the English series of the South African "individual intelligence scale" (Provisional Tests-1925)
… Unie a paper was read by Dr. H. Cruse on "Intelligence Tests and their applications to the Schools". As a result of this paper it was decided to appoint a Committee to attempt to standardize tests for pupils in South African schools, since no set of tests from any one country can be …
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The relationship between achievement on the test of cognitive skills and the Stanford-Binet intelligence scale : fourth edition for elementary school students
… on the individually administered Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale: Fourth Edition (SB:FE). Comparisons were made between the Cognitive Skills Index (CSI) and Sattler's Factor scores from the SB:FE, and between the CSI and the SB:FE Composite score.The subjects were 75 elementary public school …
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Grade twelve achievement and score on the American Council on Education psychological examination for college freshmen as predictors of freshmen achievement among type C students in the College of Arts and Science University of Saskatchewan
… of future success. At the college level, we find intelligence tests in very wide use as selectors in various situations some of which are described later in this study. However, as Toops points out, the intelligence tests are "primarily educational administrative devices for dealing with …
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Memory for Meaning and Sound: A Test of the Developmental and Difference Theories of Mental Retardation.
… in the use of a "mental age" in standardized intelligence tests. The retarded adolescent who obtains a score comparable to that of the average 10 year old is said to have a mental age of 10. The term "retardation" itself denotes a slowing in development rather than any specific defect or …
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Optimizing Classification Decisions for Paper-and-Pencil and Computer Adaptive Tests
Throughout the social sciences, tests have been used for two primary - and different - purposes: a) to estimate where an examinee is located on an ability/trait continuum (e.g., intelligence tests), or b) to classify an examinee as either above or below a particular point on the ability continuum …
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Predicting performance on fluid intelligence from speed of processing, working memory, and controlled attention
… Matrices (RPM). Individual differences in fluid intelligence are currently explained by the Cascade model (Fry & Hale, 1996) and the Controlled Attention hypothesis (Engle, Kane, & Tuholski, 1999; Kane & Engle, 2002). The first theory is based on a complex relation among age, speed, and working …
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A neuropsychological study of primary school-aged children with a history of maltreatment
… observed in lower scores on standard intelligence tests and poor educational outcomes. The current study utilized a neuropsychological framework to assess a range of cognitive domains including intelligence, verbal and visual-motor skills, attention, executive functioning and memory. …
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Assessing the Relationship Between IQ Scores and the Rate of Acquisition and Retention of a Simple Learning Task
The problem. The concept of intelligence has never been precisely defined, yet standardized intelligence tests frequently are employed in the public school system to predict academic performance and to place students accordingly. The underlying assumption seems to be that IQ scores measure …
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A group test of intelligence for the deaf
A short survey of previous attempts at providing intelligence tests suitable for the deaf is made, and the most important of these tests are critically examined. It is shown that the few existing group tests for the deaf are quite inadequate and unsatisfactory, a fact which might possibly account …
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An item analysis of Wechsler-Bellevue intelligence scale form I subtests
The purpose of this study was to: (1) analyze the value of subtest items in discriminating between bright, average, dull normal, borderline, and mentally defective groups; and (2) indicate the rank order of difficulty in the total population for each item.
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Detecting Malingered Psychotic Symptoms With the Rorschach Projective Technique
… clinical interviews, structured personality tests, intelligence tests, and projective techniques. This present study investigated the ability of specific variables on the Rorschach Projective Technique to detect malingered protocols.</p> <p>Method. The 83 subjects in this study were …
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