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Use of an Abbreviated Version of the WISC-R With Learning Disabled Children.
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Wade, Deborah Lee; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1986
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) was administered to 56 learning disabled children, using standard assessment procedures and format as outlined by Wechsler. Abbreviated Intelligence Quotient (IQ) scores were then derived by applying the Kennedy-Elder (K-E) formula. Frequent IQ classification changes rendered the K-E…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests
Effects of Two Instructional Sets on the Validity of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children-Nonverbal Scale with a Group of Severely Hearing Impaired Children.
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Porter, Larry James; Kirby, Edward Aaron – Psychology in the Schools, 1986
Investigated the use of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC)-Nonverbal Scale with severely hearing impaired children (N=49), using two instructional sets (American sign language (ASL) plus pantomime and gestures, or pantomime and gesture (PG) instructions only). Support is provided for the appropriateness of the K-ABC, for use with…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Deafness, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Assessment Practices in Model Early Childhood Special Education Programs.
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Lehr, Camilla A.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1987
Examined assessment practices in 54 model programs for early education of handicapped children (ages prenatal through six years). Results showed only 19 tests were used by at least five programs; only one device was used by over one-half. Although technical adequacy was reportedly an important factor in selection, analysis revealed only three…
Descriptors: Children, Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education