Improving Validity by Testing for Competence: Refinement of a Paradigm and Its Application to the Hearing-Impaired.

Dillon, Ronna F.

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Publication Date: 1979

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Improving Validity by Testing for Competence: Refinement of a Paradigm and Its Application to the Hearing-Impaired.

Dillon, Ronna F.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v39 n2 p363-71 Sum 1979

The Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices and a Piagetian battery were administered to a sample of hearing-impaired elementary school children under six different conditions. Results indicated that scores varied as a function of the degree and type of feedback or elaboration. (JKS)

Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Developmental Stages, Educational Testing, Elementary Education, Feedback, Hearing Impairments, Intelligence Tests, Performance Factors, Technical Reports, Test Interpretation, Test Validity, Testing Problems

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Raven Progressive Matrices

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