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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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Davies, Deborah; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1981
Educable mentally retarded (EMR) and nonretarded (NR) adolescents verified superordinate and basic level descriptions of common objects. Results suggest that EMR subjects had difficulty making semantic classification decisions in general. Other results suggest that group differences in semantic processing speed were related to the deliberate…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Classification, Cognitive Processes
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Neufeld, J. S.; Cozac, E. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1980
Discusses results of a study comparing the self-concept of intellectually gifted 9th-grade- students with that of intellectually average students, and investigates the relationships that existed among self-concept, intelligence test performance, reading comprehension, mathematics achievement, and overall composite achievement. No significant…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Bedient, Douglas; Moore, David M. – Journal of Visual/Verbal Languaging, 1985
This study investigated the accuracy and types of interpretations that fifth, eighth, and eleventh graders gave to 24 editorial cartoons in four issue areas and the effect of intelligence on political cartoon interpretation. Numerous misinterpretations and no interpretations indicates assumptions that cartoons are an effective teaching medium…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cartoons, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis