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Vandivier, Phillip L.; Vandivier, Stella Sue – Educational Forum, 1979
Discusses the most widely used individual intelligence tests: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (Form L-M). Covers what the tests measure; psychometric or technical properties of the tests; and how test results are used. (JOW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Background, Disadvantaged Youth
Holmes, Monica Bychowski; And Others – 1968
In an effort to determine whether intelligence and school readiness could be estimated from observin g behavior and if middle class Head Start teachers ranked highly those pupils whose behavior resembled middle class behavior, the behavior patterns of 36 Head Start pupils were compared with their teachers' ranking of perceived intelligence and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Behavior Standards, Disadvantaged
CLINE, MARVIN; DICKEY, MARGUERITE – 1968
THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP IN THIS STUDY WAS 112 KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN FROM 11 HEAD START CENTERS. IN ORDER TO ASSESS THE VALUE OF THE HEAD START PROGRAM, THE MEASUREMENT OF THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP TAKEN DURING THE FALL WAS COMPARED TO A MEASUREMENT OF NON-HEAD START KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN TESTED ABOUT THE SAME TIME. AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Behavior Rating Scales, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development