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Download full textLovinger, Robert J.; And Others – 1966
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children (WISC) and the Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT) were administered to seventh graders in a New York City school located in a depressed area with a Negro population approaching 100 percent. Full scale and subtest scores were analyzed. A factor analysis of the WISC, MAT, and the two scales combined was…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adolescents, Black Youth, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedBuriel, Raymond – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1978
Three measures of field dependence were used to determine whether: (1) Mexican American students are more field dependent than Anglo Americans; (2) intercorrelations between the tests are significant and comparable for both cultures; and (3) field dependence significantly affects academic performance. These assumptions were generally not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Studies
