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Stability of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children for a Sample of At-Risk Preschool Children.
Peer reviewedLyon, Mark A.; Smith, Douglas K. – Psychology in the Schools, 1987
Examined stability of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for 53 at-risk preschool children. Over 9 months the stability coefficients for the global scales ranged from .78 to .88, and for the subtests from .65 to .79. Concluded that scores display adequate stability, but the Simultaneous scale is less stable than the Sequential or Achievement scales.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, High Risk Students, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Download full textSmith, Douglas K.; Lyon, Mark A. – 1987
This study compares the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA) and the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) profiles of successful and unsuccessful preschoolers with learning disabilities. Subjects, 40 preschool students, were tested at the beginning and at the end of the preschool year and were placed into repeating or…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Testing
Smith, Douglas K.; Holliday, Peter J. – 1986
The study investigates differences in learning styles as measured by the Learning Style Inventory (LSI), an instrument designed to identify sociological, emotional, environmental, and physiological factors that form an individual's learning style. The subjects for the study were a sample of fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-graders in a midwestern…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style
Smith, Douglas K.; And Others – 1990
The test-retest reliability of the American Guidance Service (AGS) Early Screening Profiles (ESP)--a battery measuring development in the cognition/language, motor, and self-help/social areas--was examined. The ESP is a nationally normed screening battery for children ages 2 years 0 months through 6 years 11 months. In addition, parent and teacher…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Students, Child Development, Children
