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Banas, Norma – 1993
This book is intended to assist in using the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Revised (WPPSI-R) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition as tools for identifying a child's strengths and weaknesses for the purpose of improving academic and behavioral functioning. The first chapter focuses on using the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Diagnostic Teaching, Individual Differences, Intelligence Tests
Peer reviewedMills, Carol J.; Tissot, Sherri L. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1995
The Raven's Progressive Matrices (RPM) and the Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (APM) were evaluated as possible instruments for identifying academically talented students in minority populations. A significantly higher proportion of minority children scored well on the RPM than on a traditional measure. Issues and concerns about using the…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGreenan, James P.; Jarwan, Fathi A. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1992
This study focused on the validation of Generalizable Reasoning Skills assessment instruments with students with disabilities in secondary vocational programs. Results indicated that student self-ratings, teacher ratings, and a performance test were internally consistent and precise measures of reasoning skills for some uses but that most…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Generalization
Peer reviewedGroenveld, 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
Dennis, Jerrelyn – 1986
This report describes four components of an instructional management program that was implemented by a large public school system in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1981. The four program components are the following: (1) A districtwide uniform curriculum; a districtwide standardized criterion referenced testing program; a performance-based student…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
