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Bilingual Hispanic Children on the U.S. Mainland: A Review of Research on Their Cognitive, Linguistic, and Scholastic Development. Emphasizing Studies Involving the English- and Spanish-Language Versions of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test--Revised.
Dunn, Lloyd M. – 1988
A review of research on the cognitive, linguistic, and scholastic development of mainland Hispanic-American children paints a dismal overall picture. Hispanics are the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, 11% of the population in 1986; about 75% have Mexican ancestry. Less than half of Latin adults speak English well enough for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism
Relationship between Scores of Gifted Children on Stanford-Binet IV and Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test--Revised.
Carvajal, Howard – Diagnostique, 1988
Fifty-one gifted children, aged 9-17, were tested with the Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition, and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised. Correlations indicated that the Peabody may be of value in screening students being considered for gifted placement. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Concurrent Validity, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Correlations of WISC-III, WRAT-R, KM-R, and PPVT-R Scores in Students with Specific Learning Disabilities.
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Slate, John R.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
This study, involving 64 students with specific learning disabilities, found positive correlations between the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III (WISC-III) and the Arithmetic subtest of the Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised (WRAT-R), the KeyMath-Revised, and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised, but not between the WISC-III and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Correlation, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
Relation between Mental Age and Vocabulary Development among Children with Mild Mental Retardation.
Fazio, Barbara B.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1993
This study with 12 elementary school children with mild mental retardationship found that the relation between lexical knowledge and mental age depended upon the nature of the vocabulary test. Results suggested that mental age in this population was more strongly related to knowledge of abstract relational terms than to knowledge of labels for…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Intelligence
Comparison of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised and the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition with Elementary Students Referred for Learning Problems.
Hunter, Maxwell W.; And Others – Diagnostique, 1992
Scores of 66 elementary students (referred for poor learning progress) on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) were below mean performance on all Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (SB:FE) area scores except memory. The study refutes the assertion that the PPVT-R is an appropriate screening instrument for the SB:FE.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Intelligence Tests, Learning Problems