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Peer reviewedHolliday, Gregory A.; And Others – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1996
The nonpathological personality characteristics of 44 high IQ/high achieving high school students were assessed using the Personal Styles Inventory (PSI) and the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF). Results found that basic personality characteristics of the students did not differ remarkably from typical students and that the PSI…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, High Achievement, High Schools
Peer reviewedSimons, Marc R.; Goh, David S. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Correlations between McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities and teachers' ratings of academic achievement were investigated. McCarthy Scales are useful in predicting achievement of normal children, but further research is needed with learning disabled students. Use of teachers' rating scales with low functioning children is discussed in light of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Elementary School Teachers, Intelligence Differences
Download full textJensen, Arthur R. – 1972
Contrary to popular opinion, it is very difficult to find any objective evidence of culture bias that could account for social class and racial differences in performance on current standard tests of intelligence, even those like the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), which give the appearance of being highly culture-loaded. They may be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Influences, Educational Diagnosis, Factor Analysis
