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Peer reviewedMastropieri, Margo A.; Scruggs, Thomas E.; Boon, Richard; Carter, Karen Butcher – Remedial and Special Education, 2001
A study involving 75 elementary students, 51 with high-incidence disabilities, investigated variables associated with learning in an inquiry-oriented approach to the study of density and buoyancy. Preconceptions, scientific predictions, and academic achievement measures were not predictive of task performance. However, grade level and IQ were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Inquiry
Peer reviewedCherkes, Miriam G. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1975
Examined were the effects of chronological age and mental age on the understanding of logical rules by four subject groups (10- to 14-years-old): 10 average IQ Ss, 10 learning disabled Ss, 10 older educable retarded Ss and 10 younger educable retarded Ss. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children
Download full textTabachnick, Barbara Gerson – 1979
Scatter on the revised Wechsler Intelligence Scale for children (WISC-R) was evaluated for 105 learning disabled (LD) children. Scatter was defined as range of scaled scores on: (1) five regular verbal tests; (2) five regular performance tests; and (3) all 10 regular subtests. Pairwise combinations of 11 subtests were also evaluated for deviations…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests
