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Shinn, Mark; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1982
Analyses indicated that the poorer performance of learning disabled students on the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability, as compared to their performance on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised, can be explained in terms of the kinds of behaviors sampled in the Woodcock-Johnson battery. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Performance Tests, Psychoeducational Methods
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Taylor, H. Gerry; Schatschneider, Christopher – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
Two groups of children (n=107, ages 6-14) who had recovered from meningitis were compared. Children who had sustained neurologic complications during their illness had a lower mean Performance Intelligence Quotient and performed less well on perceptually demanding neuropsychological tasks than did "uncomplicated" children. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Diseases, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Quotient
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Riccio, Cynthia A.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996
This study analyzed the performance of 30 children (ages 9-11) with central auditory processing disorders (CAPD), to test the validity of the Auditory Continuous Performance Test in differentiating between CAPD with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Results indicated limited potential of the test in the differential…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Auditory Perception, Auditory Tests, Clinical Diagnosis
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Humphries, Ton; Bone, Janet – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
Comparisons of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised scores, for 24 children with learning disabilities demonstrating a low verbal, high performance intelligence quotient (IQ) discrepancy and 33 slow learning children having uniformly low verbal and performance IQs, revealed few cognitive differences beyond the Performance Scale…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Comparative Analysis, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis