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The WISC-R Factoral Validity for Minority Groups and Spearman's Hypothesis.
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Sandoval, Jonathan – Journal of School Psychology, 1982
Compared the factoral structure of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) for Anglo, Black, and Mexican-American children. Found high similarity across groups. The order of subtest difficulty was significantly correlated with subtest g loadings for Mexican Americans. Results provide support for Spearman's hypothesis with…
Descriptors: Black Students, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
The WISC May Not Be a Valid Predictor of School Performance for Primary-Grade Minority Children
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Goldman, Roy D.; Hartig, Linda K. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
Investigated was the validity of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) in predicting teachers' ratings of 201 Black, 320 Mexican American, and 430 Anglo primary grade children. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Differences, Exceptional Child Research, General Education
Non-Discriminatory Intellectual Assessment Procedures.
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Greenleaf, Wayne; Smith, Henry L. – 1978
The paper discusses test bias; presents the rationale of the System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA), a test instrument which assumes equal cultural and racial intellectual potential but asserts that there is not one normal curve of measured intellectual performance; and suggests that the test would correct racial and cultural test…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests
Recategorized WISC-R Scores of Learning Disabled Navajo Indian Children.
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Zarske, John A.; Moore, Clay L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Recategorized Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) subtest scaled scores for 192 learning disabled Navajo Indian children according to the system recommended by Bannatyne (1974). Results indicated that, as a group, the subjects failed to demonstrate the Spatial/Conceptual/Sequential pattern predicted by Bannatyne. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indians, Children, Cognitive Ability