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Spina Bifida Children's Scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
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Tew, Brian – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1977
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Physical Characteristics, Physical Disabilities, Predictor Variables
Prediction of Adults' Reading Performance as a Function of Auditory and Visual Cognitive Styles and Intelligence.
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Butter, Eliot J.; Jeffcott, Ronald E. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
A new auditory measure of cognitive style (reflective-impulsive), a standard measure and intelligence scores were related to college students' reading performance. Only intelligence and errors on the auditory test contributed significantly to the variance of the reading measures. The importance of auditory factors in understanding adults' reading…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Conceptual Tempo, Correlation
Disabled Readers: Their Intellectual and Perceptual Capacities at Differing Ages.
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Miller, John W.; McKenna, Michael C. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Two groups of disabled readers, ages 8 and 11, were tested. Perceptual abilities related more strongly for younger students, while intelligence related more strongly for older students. Questions are raised about the validity of using expectancy formulae with younger disabled readers and the "learning disabilities" approach with older disabled…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Intelligence, Perceptual Development
Gender Differences as a Factor in Teachers' Perceptions of Students: A Comment.
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Miller, Arden; Asher, William – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1983
A recent article by Prawat and Jarvis (1980) reported a lack of support for the hypothesis that teachers' perceptions of students are sex-biased. A closer inspection shows the interpretation of multiple regression analysis is inaccurate. More satisfactory interpretations are considered. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Instructional Program Divisions, Intelligence Quotient, Multiple Regression Analysis
Predictors of Mathematics Achievement in Jamaican Elementary School Children.
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Roach, D. A. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Using 418 sixth-graders in Jamaica, sex, family size, birth order, occupational level, father's presence, preference for conceptual style, field dependence, reading achievement, and mental ability were examined in relationship to mathematics achievement. Mental ability, reading achievement, and family size, in that order, were found to predict…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Family Characteristics