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Roid, Gale H. – 1990
The development and standardization of the third edition of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) are described. The existence of documented historical trends was a significant factor in the project to revise the WISC-R, which is the most widely used intelligence battery in North America. Development of the third edition…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Measurement, Diagnostic Tests, Educational History
Nevo, Baruch; And Others – 1987
This book is intended primarily for persons about to take the university psychometric entrance examination in Israel, particularly those who want more information than is provided in the standard explanation booklets. The book can also be used by candidates for employment in the public or private sector who are required to take psychological…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Measurement, College Entrance Examinations, Foreign Countries
Bart, William M. – 1970
In Piaget's developmental psychology the fourth and highest stage of human cognitive development is that of formal operations. The research on formal thought instruments is outlined. This study was designed to construct and validate paper-and-pencil instruments which could be used to select students capable of abstract conceptualization,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Cognitive Measurement
Allen, R. R.; And Others – 1969
This report presents an overview of research related to the development of the "Wisconsin Tests of Testimony and Reasoning Assessment," a battery of seven tests for assessing student development in the mastery of relevant concepts and skills of verbal argument for grades 10-12. Provided are (1) a discussion of the rationale for and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, Critical Thinking, Educational Testing
Loveless, Eugene J. – 1970
Slides of great modern art works by Picasso, Mondrian, and Van Gogh were selected as stimulus materials for an art test administered to a heterogeneous group of 395 college students. The slides were endorsed for desirability, and the results were factor analyzed. Scales of items with similar levels of endorsement from different factor scales were…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Art, Behavior Rating Scales, Cognitive Ability
Harris, Margaret L.; Harris, Chester W. – 1974
Thirty-five tests which measure cognitive abilities at the intermediate grade level and the related manual are intended to accompany the authors' 1973 monograph, "A Structure of Concept Attainment Abilities." Additional tests which measure these abilities (verbal, induction, memory, spatial, numerical, perceptual speed, evaluation, word fluency,…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests