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Peer reviewedBuriel, Raymond – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1978
Three measures of field dependence were used to determine whether: (1) Mexican American students are more field dependent than Anglo Americans; (2) intercorrelations between the tests are significant and comparable for both cultures; and (3) field dependence significantly affects academic performance. These assumptions were generally not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewedVandivier, Phillip L.; Vandivier, Stella Sue – Educational Forum, 1979
Discusses the most widely used individual intelligence tests: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (Form L-M). Covers what the tests measure; psychometric or technical properties of the tests; and how test results are used. (JOW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Background, Disadvantaged Youth
Download full textReynolds, Cecil R.; Hartlage, Lawrence C. – 1978
Regression lines for the prediction of Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) scores by Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and WISC Revised (WISC-R) intelligence quotients were compared across race, by the Potoff technique. Subjects were 36 black and 30 white children who were referred for psychological evaluation because of learning or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Students, Comparative Testing
Rosenbach, John H. – 1979
Since their beginning, intelligence tests have favored the higher social classes. Despite federal mandates to the contrary, bias in assessment is likely to remain a problem. Claims of test bias can be categorized as popular (naive); clinical (intuitive); statistical (predictive); and psychometric (construct and content). A literature review has…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests
