Research summarized here demonstrates how similarity thinking can be used in training programs to help ethnic minority children acquire basic skills. Current achievements are often attenuated by poor language skills, especially when English is not the first language of the child. Similarity thinking assesses the child's ability to learn without…

This reply responds to a paper by Frisby and Braden (EC 604 792), which criticized dynamic assessment, especially Reuven Feuerstein's theory and methods. Six critical points are raised and supported with examples from recent research. Criticisms center on theoretical and philosophical misunderstandings as well as failure to consider supporting…

To assess Feuerstein's Learning Potential Assessment Device's (LPAD) ability to identify deficient cognitive functions, Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices were administered to 176 elementary/junior high students--25 percent were rescored--and 12 complete LPAD reports from a university educational clinic were reanalyzed. Correlations were…