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Peer reviewedSuzuki, Lisa A.; Valencia, Richard R. – American Psychologist, 1997
Issues pertaining to racial-ethnic differences in intelligence are addressed with regard to group-discrepancy misconceptions, profiles of abilities, historical context, factors associated with racial-ethnic differences, educational implications, and alternative methods of assessment. (Author/MMU)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ethnic Bias, Ethnic Groups, Evaluation Methods
Download full textShaughnessy, Michael F. – 1985
Recent theorists have begun to re-conceptualize the construct of "intelligence." This paper reviews recent theories of intelligence and indicates implications for practitioners, educators, and individuals. Theories and theorists discussed include the following: (1) Robert Sternberg has advanced the "triarchic theory" of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests
Hennessy, James J. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
The limitations of widely used intelligence tests are discussed within current use, along with adequacy of diagnosis, and specific and general ability measures. Tests of individual abilities are presented as reliant on largely unvalidated clinical inferences and judgements. Three emerging individual learning assessment models are described. (CM)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests
Peer reviewedSternberg, Robert J. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1986
Though the most widely used "Intelligence" tests have changed little in the last half century, the author predicts a variety of new influences of future intelligence testing, ranging from the ways we conceptualize intelligence, to the manner in which we pose problems to assess it. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Testing
Peer reviewedHilliard, Asa G., III – Negro Educational Review, 1987
The Learning Potential Assessment Device and Instrumental Enrichment are two much needed improvements in education. Used in tandem, they rectify previous problems of testing and teaching by providing an unbiased assessment device which does not rely on labels for categories of learners. (VM)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Skuy, Mervyn; And Others – Gifted Education International, 1988
In an Israeli community of low socioeconomic status, conventional ability measures and the Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD) were administered to 165 high-achieving intermediate grade students and their classmates. High-achieving students scored higher than classmates on both conventional and LPAD measures but scored higher than the norm…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aptitude, Academically Gifted, Aptitude Tests
Sibaya, Patrick T.; And Others – Gifted Education International, 1996
This paper discusses the limitations of assessment procedures used with ethnic minority students in South Africa, using a nationwide survey of psychologists to gauge their knowledge of culturally fair and appropriate assessment techniques. The Learning Potential Assessment Device is recommended for the assessment of giftedness, intelligence, and…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Culture Fair Tests, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education
