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Cooley, Norvin R. – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
Subtest questions of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence are ordered from least to most difficult. Test records of 89 females and 62 males revealed though questions were misordered for the present sample, misordering was not great enough to seriously affect subtest scores or interpretation of intratest scatter. (Author)
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Preschool Education, Primary Education, Research Projects
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Silverstein, A. B. – Psychology in the Schools, 1978
Correlations with Binet IQ in the ITPA normative sample were corrected for restricted intelligence range. The corrected correlation for the Psycholinguistic Quotient is as high as that between the WISC and the Binet, a finding that raises a serious question about the construct validity of the ITPA. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Intelligence Tests, Norm Referenced Tests, Research Projects
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Deffenbacher, Jerry L.; Deitz, Sheila R. – Psychology in the Schools, 1978
Test performance and reported anxiety levels of high and low test-anxious subjects taking either a regular exam or an exam containing brief, written relaxation instructions were compared. High test-anxious subjects performed more poorly and reported greater worry and emotionality. Results provide greater external validity for Test Anxiety Scale.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Higher Education, Research Projects
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Davis, Everett E. – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
Both the WISC and the WISC-R were administered to 54 children, with one half taking the WISC first and the other 27 taking the WISC-R first. Differences between mean subtest scaled scores and mean IQs were found to be influenced by the sequence of the tests. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Matched Groups
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Schleuter, Stanley L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
The Musical Aptitude Profile (MAP) and four levels of the Iowa Tests of Music Literacy (ITML) were administered to university non-music majors to investigate the use of the "in doubt" test item response. The "in doubt" response was not used indiscriminately by the university students on either test battery. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Guessing (Tests), Higher Education, Research Projects
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Cartwright, Glenn F.; Derevensky, Jeffrey L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
The study investigated the effects of exposure to computer-assisted testing (CAT) as an effective instructional method and its effects on attitudes toward computer-assisted instruction (CAI). Results indicated that subjects exposed to CAT had significantly more favorable attitudes toward CAI than subjects not exposed to CAT. (Author)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Media, Educational Technology
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Kierscht, Marcia Selland; Vietze, Peter M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Low income and middle income four- and five-year old children were shown stimuli in three forms: objects, colored pictures, and black and white line drawings taken from commonly used assessment instruments, and were asked to label the stimuli. Results indicated both groups of children labeled the objects more successfully than the pictures.…
Descriptors: Children, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Education, Individual Development
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Bloom, Allan S.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
WISC-Rs and Stanford-Binets were administered to 50 children with developmental disabilities referred for comprehensive evaluations. Fifty-four percent of the children received different classifications using the two instruments. Different classifications of intellectual level may be derived for the same child depending upon which test is used.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Comparative Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Children
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Becher, Rhoda McShane – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
This study assessed effects of response climate by examining effects of an additional testing experience on the conservation of number performance of 4- and 5-year-old lower socioeconomic status children (N=98). Results indicated significantly higher conservation of number performance scores for both males and females. (Author)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Number Concepts, Performance Factors, Primary Education