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Peer reviewedFields, Donald L.; Gibson, David – Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 1971
The validity of a forecast index for adult intellectual status based on early appearing developmental landmarks (age at teething, walking, talking, independent toileting, and also sex) for noninstitutionalized mongols was investigated. (Author/KW)
Descriptors: Child Development, Downs Syndrome, Drafting, Exceptional Child Research
Cole, Nancy S. – ACT Res Rep, 1969
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Testing
Peer reviewedDaneman, Meredyth – Intelligence, 1982
The effectiveness of a measure of the processing capacity of working memory, called the reading span test, is demonstrated in predicting performance and understanding individual differences in reading comprehension. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Intelligence
Peer reviewedSternberg, Robert J.; Grigorenko, Elena L.; Bundy, Donald A. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2001
Reviews findings on the predictive validity of psychometric tests of intelligence. Concludes that conventional tests of intelligence can be useful but only if they are interpreted very carefully, taking into account the factors that can affect them, and in conjunction with other measures. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Children, Cognitive Ability, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedGoodman, Joan F. – School Psychology Digest, 1979
Two criticisms of the System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA) are discussed: the alleged abilities of SOMPA to provide an approximate measure of a child's biological capacity to learn and to obtain an approximate measure of a child's basic potential. (See also TM 504 174.) (MH)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Biological Influences, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Discrimination
Flahive, Douglas E. – 1977
This paper discusses the role of intelligence in language comprehension. In the study reported, an attempt is made to determine how much of the variability in English reading scores of non-native speakers of English can be predicted on the basis of intelligence alone. In the study, three measures of reading comprehension are used: a traditional…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language), Intelligence, Intelligence Tests
Download full textDe Charms, Richard – 1971
The object of this research was to develop a measure of motivation of elementary school children to predict academic achievement independent of intelligence. Three basic steps were proposed to analyze data from approximately200 Black children. These steps were: l) operational (content) analysis of two free response measures, resulting in a coder's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Youth, Data Analysis, Elementary School Students
Miller, LaMar P., Ed. – 1974
The controversial and complex issues regarding the effects of educational and psychological testing on the education of minority group children in America are discussed. Although the focus is primarily on black students, the issues discussed are equally valid for all minority populations in the American public schools. The articles in the book…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Black Students, Educational Research, Higher Education
