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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"WISC-IV"”.
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Conditional error variance in the WISC-IV
… error at different ability levels in the WISC-IV was studied to empirically test the conditional error variance hypothesis. Graduate students in clinical psychology at a Midwestern university scored fictitious WISC-IV Vocabulary subtests constructed to yield actual scaled scores of 4, 10, …
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WISC-IV and IVA+Plus Pattern Analysis: Assessment of Attention-Deficit /Hyperactivity Disorder
<p>Diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a challenging practice with no definitive diagnostic test. This study sought to evaluate the use of a pattern of performance method of inference in ADHD assessment that examines an individual's general intellectual ability in …
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Evaluating the relationship between the WISC-IV and executive functioning on the NESPY-II in a clinical sample
… Scale for Children – Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) and the NEPSY – Second Edition (NEPSY-2) to examine the relationship between intellectual functioning and executive functioning in a clinical pediatric population. Prior research has found at least modest relationships between these areas …
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The Relationship Between the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition and the Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities in a Clinically Referred Pediatric Population
… Scale for Children-; Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) when compared to the Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ III COG) to provide evidence for the utility of using the WISC-IV in assessing cognitive abilities according to the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory. The study was …
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Effects of programming in relation to working memory span on cognitive ability
… effects of programming and innovation on cognitive abilities and whether the effects varied with working memory span (high vs. low). Sixty-seven children in 5th grade in one elementary school in Iceland were randomly assigned to two groups, involving seven weeks of interventions; programming …
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Existing Practice and Proposed Changes in Cognitive Assessment of Utah Students Identified as Deaf and Hard Hearing
… (D/HH). As a basis for describing the cognitive ability of Utah's D/HH students and to improve practice guidelines, 61 D/HH students served by Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (USDB) were administered the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT) standard battery and the Perceptual …
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Comparing and contrasting cognitive and personality functioning in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
… Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) and the Personality Inventory for Children, Second Edition (PIC-2) as measures of cognitive and personality functioning for children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder with comorbid Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (FASD/ADHD) and …
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Tell me more about it: a query into intelligence scores and their relations with achievement and problem behavior
<p>Research has demonstrated negative outcomes associated with significant childhood cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or academic problems. These associations may reflect the importance of cognitive skills for mediating social and emotional functioning, however the directions of these relations …
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Evaluation of Attention and Executive Control within a Model of Gf-Gc Cognitive Functioning
… the development of most contemporary cognitive ability tests (Kaufman and Kaufman, 2004; Wechsler, 2003), as it enumerates general cognitive ability through the evaluation of its multiple components. This study involved an investigation of the Gf-Gc domains including added attention and …
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An analysis and cross-battery assessment of the discrepancy model for diagnosing specific learning disabilities in school-aged children
… and to perform a cross-battery assessment of the WISC-IV and WIAT-III intelligence batteries to determine if the discrepancy model is truly identifying the areas of concern for students being tested with these batteries or if it is misidentifying students leading to issues with classification and …
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Does phonological processing, a specific subtype of dyslexia, impact performance on intelligence tests?
… 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 3 subtests of the CTOPP and the full scale score of the WISC-IV. Results showed a …
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Exploring the Utility of the Children’s Kitchen Task Assessment for Use with Six-Year-Olds
<p><strong>Objective</strong> The Children’s Kitchen Task Assessment (CKTA) is an ecologically valid assessment that was designed to assess executive functioning skills in children age 7-10. Currently there is a lack of ecologically valid assessments that test executive functioning in children …
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Executive Functioning and Memory Performance in ADHD and Asperger's Syndrome
… requires the exclusionary criteria for any Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), making it impossible to have comorbid disorders. This study investigated executive function and memory differences between 11 children with Asperger’s syndrome, 13 children with ADHD, and 36 controls, all ranging in …
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Diagnóstico del trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad (TDAH) en niños con superdotación intelectual: estudio empírico sobre la utilización del test Conners’Continuous Perfomance Test II (CPT II V.5) en el diagnóstico
… Se han utilizado los tests de Stanford-Binet, WISC-IV y WIPSSI para medir el CI de los sujetos. Para evaluar el TDAH se ha usado el test Conners’ Continuous-Perfomance-Test II versión 5
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Cognitive functioning of child protection clients in secure care: a neuropsychological study
… research was to carry out a systematic prospective study of the cognitive functioning of young persons residing in a secure care facility. These adolescents have been identified as being at an immediate risk for harm and are placed in a secure facility to establish safety. Typically, these young …
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Working memory and symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children
<p>Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a disorder mainly characterized by high levels of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness. Although ADHD is a topic of great interest in multiple domains, much remains to be explored before a thorough understanding will be possible. …
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Does the learner profiler successfully screen for neurodiversity and predict neuropsychological outcomes in high school learners?
There has been a push for improved inclusive education for learners with learning difficulties and disabilities in SA due to the long-lasting detrimental consequences learning difficulties and disabilities have on learners' academic achievement and future outcomes. The importance of the screening …
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Classroom performance of students with an acquired brain injury: the impact of aide programs
… factors that were found to promote positive outcomes of aide programs. Measures used included: direct observation; interviews with the students, parents, teachers and aides; and neuropsychological tests including the BRIEF, CAFT, TEA-Ch, and WISC-IV Digit Span subtest. The data were …
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A Comparative Study of Working Memory in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
… the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV (WISC-IV) or the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI-III), as appropriate for their age, to determine their level of intellectual ability. The children with a diagnosis of ASD and SLI were assessed by the relevant …