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Maximum Performance Tests in Children with Developmental Spastic Dysarthria.
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Wit, J.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1993
Three Maximum Performance Tasks (Maximum Sound Prolongation, Fundamental Frequency Range, and Maximum Repetition Rate) were administered to 11 children (ages 6-11) with spastic dysarthria resulting from cerebral palsy and 11 controls. Despite intrasubject and intersubject variability in normal and pathological speakers, the tasks were found to be…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation Methods
Use of IQ Criteria for Evaluating the Uniqueness of the Learning Disability Profile.
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Humphries, Ton; Bone, Janet – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
Comparisons of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised scores, for 24 children with learning disabilities demonstrating a low verbal, high performance intelligence quotient (IQ) discrepancy and 33 slow learning children having uniformly low verbal and performance IQs, revealed few cognitive differences beyond the Performance Scale…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Comparative Analysis, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis
Classification of Adults for Family Studies of Developmental Language Disorders.
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Plante, Elena; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1996
This study compared 4 methods (2 case history and 2 performance-based) used to classify the status of adult subjects in familial studies of developmental language disorders, involving 24 parents of children with developmental language disorders and 24 unrelated adult controls. Classification by case history found fewer affected adults than…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Children, Classification
The Validation of Generalizable Reasoning Skills Assessment Instruments for Students with Disabilities.
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Greenan, James P.; Jarwan, Fathi A. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1992
This study focused on the validation of Generalizable Reasoning Skills assessment instruments with students with disabilities in secondary vocational programs. Results indicated that student self-ratings, teacher ratings, and a performance test were internally consistent and precise measures of reasoning skills for some uses but that most…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Generalization
Intelligence Profiles of Low Vision and Blind Children.
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Groenveld, M.; Jan, J. E. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
Analysis of scores of 118 visually impaired children on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) and the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scales of Intelligence (Revised) found a consistent response pattern suggesting that the verbal as well as the performance tests provide useful assessment information. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Cognitive Development, Evaluation Methods, Intelligence
The E.S.S.E. (Educational Sign Skills Evaluation).
S.E.E. Center for the Advancement of Deaf Children, Los Alamitos, CA. – 1991
The Educational Sign Skills Evaluation (ESSE) was developed to provide a means of identifying the dominant signing style of an individual and to provide feedback on areas of strength and areas in need of improvement. It provides an overall expressive skills rating as well as information on the type, level, and degree of understanding demonstrated…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education