Research has shown links between motor proficiency and cognition in school-age children, however, few have explored earlier ages. We aimed to determine the association between motor proficiency and cognitive ability in four-year-olds. Motor and cognitive skills were examined in 32 (15 males, 17 females) four-year-olds (±5.59 months) using the…

Objective: Despite strong evidence that inattentive and hyperactive/impulsive behaviors are associated with mathematical difficulties in school-age children, little research has been conducted to examine the link between these constructs before the start of formal education. The purpose of this study was to examine how different manifestations of…

Offers alternative analyses and interpretations of Macmann and Barnett's research data and results. Contends that intelligence is complex and that intelligence testing is important component of school psychological practice. Discusses relation and frequent inconsistency between research and practice. (CRR)

Relationship between WISC-R subtest scores and Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale IQs was investigated for a sample comprised of rural Appalachian children. The sample was comprised of both white and black children culturally different by virtue of low family income and residence in mountainous areas of Virginia and North Carolina. (Author)

Timed performance measures from a coincidence timing task taking about 10 minutes are shown to have significant correlations with psychometric general intelligence in a group of 56 children. The mean absolute error across three conditions correlated -.294 with Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices scores but was sex-biased, with girls being less…

THE JOHNS HOPKINS PERCEPTUAL TEST (JHPT), REVIEWED IN THIS PAPER, WAS DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEED FOR A BRIEF, EASILY ADMINISTERED, NON-VERBAL INSTRUMENT TO ASSESS THE INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONING OF CHILDREN. THE DATA ON THIS INSTRUMENT INDICATES THAT IT IS RELATIVELY CULTURE FAIR AND USEFUL FOR TESTING CHILDREN WHOSE PHYSICAL HANDICAPS PRECLUDE THE…

Drawing tests are often used to provide confirmatory and supporting evidence of intelligence or intellectual functioning. The relationship between scores on these types of instruments and academic achievement was studied among graduate students seeking degrees in education. The sample consisted of 125 graduate students in education (93 women and…

The rod and frame performance of 70 children, 5 to 7 years of age, with respect to sex and age differences, reliability, and its relationship to general intelligence, was investigated. The rod and frame test was administered individually and again following a period of 35 to 69 days, at which time the Lorge Thorndike Intelligence Test, form 1A,…