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Cognitive Strategy Instruction for Functional Mathematical Skill: Effects for Young Adults with Intellectual Disability
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Hua, Youjia; Morgan, Benjamin S. T.; Kaldenberg, Erica R.; Goo, Minkowan – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
This study assessed the effectiveness of a three-step cognitive strategy (TIP) for calculating tip and total bill for young adults with intellectual disability. In the context of pre- and post-test nonequivalent-groups design, 10 students from a postsecondary education program for individuals with disabilities participated in the study. A teacher…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Experimental Groups, Mental Retardation, Young Adults
Reliability and Validity of the Speed of Thinking Test.
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Carver, Ronald P. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1992
Reliability and validity of a new measure of cognitive speed, the Speed of Thinking Test (SST), were investigated with 129 college students, who also completed a vocabulary test, a test of reading speed, and a test of reading comprehension. The SST appears to be a reliable and valid measure. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests, College Students, Comparative Testing
Correlations of Mental Tests with Each Other and with Cognitive Variables Are Highest for Low IQ Groups.
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Detterman, Douglas K.; Daniel, Mark H. – Intelligence, 1989
Two studies (N=4,261 persons) illustrate an inverse relationship between ability level and correlations among IQ measures. Low IQ subjects showed higher correlations than did high IQ subjects. Intercorrelations of IQ subtests, intercorrelations of cognitive ability measures, and correlations of IQ with measures of cognitive ability displayed the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests, College Students, Comparative Testing
Covariance Structure Analysis of a Test of Moral Orientation and Moral Judgment.
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Sachs, John – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1992
In samples of 1,005 adolescents and adults in Hong Kong and 281 adolescents and adults in London (England), Moral Development Test patterns conform to that predicted by L. Kohlberg's stage theory of moral development (1969), but the degree of association between the stages differed between cultures. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Affective Measures, Cognitive Tests