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Sternberg, Robert J. – Educational Researcher, 2007
In the United States as well as in much of the developed world, many of us tend to take for granted that children who do well on teacher-made and standardized tests are intelligent. But different cultures have different views of intelligence, so which children are considered intelligent may vary from one culture to another. Moreover, the acts that…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Standardized Tests, Cultural Context, Intelligence
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Tyler-Wood, Tandra; Carri, Louis – Roeper Review, 1991
This study examined the scores obtained by 21 elementary-level gifted students on 4 different intellectual measures--Stanford-Binet (LM), Stanford-Binet (Fourth Edition), Otis-Lennon School Abilities Test, and the Cognitive Abilities Test. Results showed that the population of gifted students identified will vary greatly depending upon which test…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
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Camarata, Stephen; Swisher, Linda – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1990
Research procedures used to evaluate the intelligence of children with specific language impairment are reviewed. Almost half of the 167 studies did not include adequate descriptions of intelligence assessment. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests
Hawkins, Geraldine Drake; Cooper, David H. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
The practice of reporting on adaptive behavior and intellectual functioning measures for participants in mental retardation research was analyzed by examining 604 articles published from 1979-87. Changes in reporting measures were found, compared to those reported in 1979 by J. Smith and E. Polloway. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Behavioral Science Research, Evaluation Methods, Intelligence
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Hurford, David P.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
This study examined the development of reading and phonological processing abilities of 209 first graders assessed at the beginning and end of the school year. The discriminant analysis, based on reading and intelligence data, correctly identified later group membership (students with and without reading disabilities and "garden variety" poor…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Identification, Evaluation Methods, Grade 1
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Groenveld, M.; Jan, J. E. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
Analysis of scores of 118 visually impaired children on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) and the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scales of Intelligence (Revised) found a consistent response pattern suggesting that the verbal as well as the performance tests provide useful assessment information. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Cognitive Development, Evaluation Methods, Intelligence
Willoughby, Meg; And Others – 1995
This report presents the findings of a collaboration between the Evaluation and Research Departments and the Arts Education Department of the Wake County (North Carolina) Public School System with teachers of the district to pilot performance assessments in art programs. In an effort to accurately assess the arts, various alternative…
Descriptors: Art Education, Cognitive Ability, Curriculum Guides, Dance
Davis, Brandon; And Others – 1989
The position that intelligence and achievement are essentially different measures of the same construct has often been referred to as a "jangle fallacy." Such a position challenges the present practice of placing children in learning disabilities programs based on a discrepancy between Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and achievement. This…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Community School District 18, Brooklyn, NY. – 1991
This packet contains a set of assessment activities to identify gifted and talented children at the kindergarten level, based on Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. The six assessments measure linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, and interpersonal/intrapersonal intelligence. For each assessment,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Evaluation Methods, Gifted, Intelligence