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Peer reviewedBeckman, Lucile – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1977
Research was conducted among 58 5-6th grade gifted students in Seattle to test the following: their preferences for verbal vs. multi-sensory concept formation, whether non-verbal learners are primarily spatial in information processing, and the reliability of the Block Design subtest of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) for…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Gifted, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedSexton, Larry C.; Street, Sue – Psychology in the Schools, 1985
Investigated strengths and weaknesses on Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) Subtest Scores between 278 students evaluated and placed in special education programs and 307 students evaluated but not placed in special programs. Findings revealed that the groups were similar in pattern of relative strengths and weaknesses on…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Individual Differences, Referral
Peer reviewedVance, Booney; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Investigated the utility of profile analysis, using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised (WISC--R) to differentiate learning disabled from emotionally disturbed and nonhandicapped children. Little evidence supported the use of WISC--R subtest scatter. Research efforts focused on WISC--R subtests related to the learning process are…
Descriptors: Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
