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Mueller, Horst H.; And Others – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Reports a study using meta-analytical procedures to compare WISC-R subtest performance patterns of 29 samples of retarded, average, and above average intelligence children. Shows how the study results in distinct WISC-R profiles for each group and demonstrates how the subtest performance patterns are strongly related to overall intellectual level.…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences
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Groff, M.; Hubble, L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1982
Factor analyzed Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised scores of low-IQ youths aged 9-11 and 14-16. Extracted Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Organization and Freedom From Distractibility dimensions for each group. Coefficients of congruence indicated the two age groups were not similar on the Freedom From Distractibility factor.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Comparative Analysis
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Bloom, Allan S.; Raskin, Larry M. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1980
Compared the WISC-R Verbal-Performance IQ discrepancies of learning-disabled children and of the normative sample. It was concluded that without clinical evidence to suggest otherwise, it cannot be assumed automatically that a child's discrepancy score, unless of extreme magnitude, is related to the learning disability itself. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Diagnosis, Exceptional Persons, Intelligence Differences
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Kieffer, David A.; Goh, David S. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1981
There were no predominant trends of reward preferences among different social classes. Both individual and social rewards effectively raised IQ scores of low socioeconomic status children and reduced the differences in IQ scores between the two groups. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contracts, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education
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Edelman, Steve – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1996
The third edition of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III) is reviewed. A comparison of the WISC-III with the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) is included. Discusses shortcomings of the WISC-III while noting that overall, there are substantial improvements in the WISC-III over the WISC-R. (KW)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Aptitude Tests, Children, Comparative Analysis