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Lakin, Joni M.; Lai, Emily R. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2012
For educators seeking to differentiate instruction, cognitive ability tests sampling multiple content domains, including verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal reasoning, provide superior information about student strengths and weaknesses compared with unidimensional reasoning measures. However, these ability tests have not been fully evaluated with…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Nonverbal Ability, Cognitive Ability, Verbal Ability
Calvin, Catherine M.; Fernandes, Cres; Smith, Pauline; Visscher, Peter M.; Deary, Ian J. – Intelligence, 2010
General cognitive ability ("g") does not explain sex differences in academic test performance by the end of compulsory education. Instead, individual differences in specific reasoning abilities, after removing the effects of "g," may contribute to the observed gender gaps. Associations between general or specific cognitive…
Descriptors: State Schools, Females, Compulsory Education, Academic Achievement