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St Clair-Thompson, Helen – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2014
The aim of the present study was to investigate the reliability and validity of a brief standardized assessment of children's working memory; "Lucid Recall." Although there are many established assessments of working memory, "Lucid Recall" is fully automated and can therefore be administered in a group setting. It is therefore…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Test Validity, Computer Assisted Testing, Cognitive Tests
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Glutting, Joseph J.; Youngstrom, Eric A.; Oakland, Tom; Watkins, Marley W. – School Psychology Review, 1996
Examines the uses of observations generated during testing through (a) qualitative synthesis of available research literature, (b) a study of a national sample of children, and (c) a study of children referred for psychoeducational evaluations. Results demonstrate that behavioral and temperament qualities evaluated by test observations are related…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Children, Context Effect, Group Testing
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Mishra, Shitala P. – Psychology in the Schools, 1980
Investigated the effect of examiners' ethnicity on the intelligence test performance of Anglo and Mexican-American subjects. On the WISC Vocabulary, Mexican-American subjects scored significantly higher when the test was administered by Mexican-American examiners. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Educational Testing
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Hirshoren, Alfred; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
The Performance Scale of the WISC-R was administered to 59 prelingually deaf children attending a state-supported day school program. The results compare favorably with those found by Wechsler with the standardization sample. (Author)
Descriptors: Deafness, Exceptional Child Research, Group Testing, Intelligence Tests
BONHAM, S.J., JR. – 1963
THIS STUDY WAS DONE TO DETERMINE THE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP ACHIEVEMENT TESTS WHEN USED TO EVALUATE DEAF CHILDREN. THE 36 CHILDREN SELECTED FOR THIS STUDY WERE IN GRADES 2, 4, AND 6 IN THE KENNEDY SCHOOL IN DAYTON, OHIO. ALL HAD SEVERE AUDITORY HANDICAPS AND WERE 10 TO 16 YEARS OLD. FOUR PSYCHOLOGISTS ADMINISTERED THE FOLLOWING…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Children, Deafness, Educational Testing
Meyers, Edna O. – 1974
Inner city children have suffered indiscriminately from strict, illogical scoring of standardized IQ tests which do not credit children with thoughtful responses accurately reflecting their experiences and backgrounds. As a result, IQ scores too often doom these children to learning situations for children of lower mentality levels than their own.…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Child Development Centers, Cognitive Development, Concept Teaching