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Peer reviewedGow, Lyn; Ward, James – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Using the Matching Familiar Figures Test and the Porteus Maze Tests with characteristic modifications, the feasibility of using measures of cognitive tempo were examined. The measures' contributions in predicting the work performance of institutionalized moderately-severely retarded subjects were no greater than conventional individual…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Conceptual Tempo, Foreign Countries, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedEgeland, Byron; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1980
In a study of elementary students, the relationship between the Matching Familiar Figures (MFF) and social and emotional adjustment were higher than correlations between MFF and achievement. Suggests MFF performance is related more to adjustment than achievement. Latency in MFF scores did not predict achievement or adjustment. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Cognitive Style, Conceptual Tempo
Wood, Carolyn M. – 1979
This study investigated the predictive power of four indices of cognitive style, the intercorrelations of cognitive style with selected cognitive and affective variables, and the test-retest reliability of the Matching Familiar Figures (MFF) test. The social, emotional, and cognitive development of 38 kindergarten children was assessed by their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Rating Scales, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style
