Nonverbal IQ Tests Reflect Different Relations among Skills for Specifically Language-Impaired and Normal Children: Brief Report.

Swisher, Linda; Plante, Elena

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ERIC Number: EJ467011

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Nonverbal IQ Tests Reflect Different Relations among Skills for Specifically Language-Impaired and Normal Children: Brief Report.

Swisher, Linda; Plante, Elena

Journal of Communication Disorders, v26 n1 p65-71 Apr 1993

This study examined patterns of nonverbal intelligence test performance of 11 preschool children with and 12 without specific language impairments. The study found group differences in relations among nonverbal cognitive skills. Results suggest caution in using nonverbal intelligence tests normed on nondisabled children with children having language impairments. (DB)

Descriptors: Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Language Handicaps, Nonverbal Tests, Preschool Children, Test Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children; Leiter International Performance Scale

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