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Swanson, H. Lee – Intelligence, 2011
This study examined whether children's growth on measures of fluid (Raven Colored Progressive Matrices) and crystallized (reading and math achievement) intelligence was attributable to domain-specific or domain-general functions of working memory (WM). A sample of 290 elementary school children was tested on measures of intelligence across three…
Descriptors: Intellectual Development, Elementary School Students, Short Term Memory, Intelligence Tests
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Smits, D. W.; Ketelaar, M.; Gorter, J. W.; van Schie, P. E.; Becher, J. G.; Lindeman, E.; Jongmans, M. J. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011
Background: Children with cerebral palsy (CP) are at greater risk for a limited intellectual development than typically developing children. Little information is available which children with CP are most at risk. This study aimed to describe the development of non-verbal intellectual capacity of school-age children with CP and to examine the…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Nonverbal Ability, Children, Intellectual Development
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Hunt, J. McV.; Paraskevopoulos, John – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1980
Mothers were asked to predict their children's responses to standardized intelligence test items. Negative correlation was expected between inaccurate maternal knowledge of children's ability and degree of children's psychological development. False maternal predictions correlated - .80 with correct children's responses. Nearly all of the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Expectation
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Andrich, David; Styles, Irene – Journal of Early Adolescence, 1994
Examined quantitative evidence of an intellectual growth spurt during early adolescence by combining modern psychometric modeling, computerized testing with the Raven progressive matrices, and longitudinal socioeconomic and educational backgrounds. Found that gender difference was not significant. Notes the impact of this evidence on educational…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age, Body Height