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Peer reviewedBraden, Jeffery P. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1989
A study of 33 elementary/middle school deaf children correlated Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised Performance Intelligence Quotients (IQs) with Stanford Achievement Test-Hearing Impaired Edition (SAT-HI) grade equivalents and age-based percentiles. A second study of 64 children correlated nonverbal IQs from many tests with SAT-HI…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concurrent Validity, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMundy, Peter; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1990
Compared to age-matched and language-matched controls, 15 autistic children (mean age of 45 months) who were administered the Early Social-Communication Scales displayed deficits in gestural joint attention skills in 2 testing sessions 13 months apart. The measure of gestural nonverbal joint attention predicted language development in subjects.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Autism, Body Language
Peer reviewedSakata, Reiko; Fendt, Paul F. – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1981
Research on factors affecting the aging learner, including intelligence, memory, motivation, loss of speed, and physical health is reviewed, refuting the belief that learning ability declines with age. Strategies and techniques for the education of older adults are recommended. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)
Download full textWolf, Mary Alice – 1986
At each age learning is a complex interaction of motivation, cognition, and development. In older adults, motivation is often related to a lifelong personality construct or personal meaning that an older individual will seek to play out when given the opportunity in late life. The needs of the older adult learner can be discussed in terms of…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
