Contrasts results of studies examining sex differences in intellectual functioning in the U.S. and Israel, in cities and on Kibbutzes. Findings indicate cross-cultural and intracultural influences challenge validity of theories that suggest a biological basis for sex differences in intellectual abilities. (SA)

To determine whether the preponderance of males in classrooms for the learning disabled (LD) constitutes sexual discrimination, an objective index involving the discrepancy between expected and actual achievement was calculated for each student. No evidence was found to indicate sexual bias in diagnostic and placement practices. (Author/ABB)

Criteria were developed to assess sexual and racial item content bias for every item from six IQ tests. Each reference was judged as either stereotyped or not sterotyped. This analysis pointed out an overwhelming sexual and racial imbalance in item content. (Author/RL)

Although Verbal IQ of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children predicts statistically distinct Wide Range Achievement Test Reading scores dependent on the sex of the child, the differences are of little practical importance. (Author)

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (excluding Mazes and Digit Span) was administered to 64 third-grade children, randomly selected for IQ. Female examiners elicited higher Full Scale IQ, Verbal IQ, Comprehension, Similarities, and Vocabulary scores from all children. (Author)

The relationship between gender, Neuropsychological Test Performance, and specific Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) Verbal and Performance discrepancy score directions was examined with Black adolescents. Results indicated a need to use different normative data for male and female subjects on these tests. (Author/JD)

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) were used to predict achievement (measured by the Stanford Achievement Test) for 200 students with mild handicaps, in grades K through 6 in a rural western school district. Males scored significantly higher than females for every…

To examine the cognitive strengths and weaknesses of learning disabled (LD) students, WISC-R (Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised) subtest scores of 309 kindergarten through sixth grade LD students were analyzed. The 10 subtests were the information, similarities, arithmetic, vocabulary, comprehension, picture completion, picture…

Examines whether subtest scatter might be an indicator of learning disabilities (LDs), psychopathology, or both in a sample of normal adolescents (N=170) using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children III and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent. The hypothesis that subtest scatter is associated with LDs was generally not…

Results indicated that males obtained higher scores on the verbal subtests. Females scored significantly higher on coding than did their counterparts. The verbal v performance IQ dichotomy did not appear as useful evidence in the diagnosis of learning disabilities. (Author)

Study aims to determine whether high scores on the Adolescent-School Problems (A-Sch) content scale and the Immaturity (IMM) supplementary scale were associated with cognitive performance as measured by the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children III (WISC-III). The association between IMM and the WISC-III was found to be a result of its…

Concludes that a significant sex difference in coding performance favoring girls was discovered on two components of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. (RB)