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Peer reviewedSternberg, Robert J.; Grigorenko, Elena L.; Bundy, Donald A. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2001
Reviews findings on the predictive validity of psychometric tests of intelligence. Concludes that conventional tests of intelligence can be useful but only if they are interpreted very carefully, taking into account the factors that can affect them, and in conjunction with other measures. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Children, Cognitive Ability, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedSternberg, Robert J. – Educational Researcher, 1984
Argues that IQ tests work only for some people some of the time. Offers a theory that emphasizes the roles in intelligence of information-processing, the environmental context, and coping with novelty and automatization of task performance, as a possibility for improving levels of prediction. (CMG)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Epistemology, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests
Download full textGrigorenko, Elena L.; Sternberg, Robert J. – 1999
Noting that the last 40 years have witnessed an enormous increase in the number of psychological tests designed for the assessment of competencies in very young children, this review summarizes the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of psychological tests and other assessment instruments used to evaluate the cognitive functioning of…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Cognitive Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Infants
