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Discriminating Factors for Low or High IQ of Children in Care.

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Dumaret, A. C.; Duyme, M.; Tomkiewicz, S. – Early Child Development and Care, 1998

Examined major discriminating factors for cognitive development in high-IQ and low-IQ children in child care who had been adopted after age four. Found that birth rank, maternal mental retardation, pregnancy/delivery complications, severe prematurity or low birthweight, and number of hospitalizations differentiated the two groups. Over time, IQs…

Descriptors: Adopted Children, At Risk Persons, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis

Malnutrition and Environmental Enrichment: A Statistical Reappraisal of the Findings of the Adoption Study of Winick et al. (1975).

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Trueman, Mark – Early Child Development and Care, 1985

Critically reviews the influential study "Malnutrition and Environmental Enrichment" by Winick et al. (1975) and highlights what are considered to be statistical flaws in its analysis. Data in the classic study of height, weight, and IQ changes in three groups of adopted, malnourished Korean girls are reanalysed and conclusions…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adopted Children, Body Height, Body Weight