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Couzens, Donna; Cuskelly, Monica; Haynes, Michele – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
Growth models for subtests of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, 4th edition (R. L. Thorndike, E. P. Hagen, & J. M. Sattler, 1986a, 1986b) were developed for individuals with Down syndrome. Models were based on the assessments of 208 individuals who participated in longitudinal and cross-sectional research between 1987 and 2004. Variation…
Descriptors: Sentences, Down Syndrome, Memory, Cognitive Development
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Abdelhameed, Hala; Porter, Jill – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2010
Research has shown that verbal short-term memory span is shorter in individuals with Down syndrome than in typically developing individuals of equivalent mental age, but little attention has been given to variations within or across groups. Differences in the environment and in particular educational experiences may play a part in the relative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Down Syndrome, Disabilities, Short Term Memory
Coleman, Howard M.; Dawson, Sarah Taylor – J Learning Disabilities, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Intelligence Tests, Learning Disabilities, Perceptual Handicaps
ALLEN, ROBERT M.; ALLEN, SUE P. – 1967
DESIGNED FOR THE PSYCHOLOGIST, THE HANDBOOK DESCRIBES INSTRUMENTS COMMONLY USED FOR INTELLECTUAL EVALUATION OF CHILDREN SUSPECTED OF BEING MENTALLY RETARDED. INFORMATION IS GIVEN CONCERNING DEFIITIONS, IDENTIFICATION, AND CHARACTERISITICS OF MENTAL RETARDATION, TEST SELECTION, AND THE TEST SITUATION. TESTS DESCRIBED AND DISCUSSED INCLUDE…
Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Children, Cognitive Processes
Hirshoren, Alfred – Except Children, 1969
Based on author's doctoral thesis, University of Illinois
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Tests, Language Ability
Silverstein, A.B. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Exceptional Child Research, Item Analysis, Mental Retardation
SCHULMAN, JEROME L.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THIS MONOGRAPH RELATES RESULTS OF A STUDY WHICH WAS UNDERTAKEN TO ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS--TO WHAT EXTENT DO EIGHT TECHNIQUES COMMONLY USED TO DIAGNOSE BRAIN DAMAGE CO-VARY, TO WHAT EXTENT DO THE VARIOUS BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS THAT OCCUR WITH BRAIN DAMAGE CO-VARY, AND TO WHAT EXTENT DO THE DIAGNOSTIC MEASURES, SINGLY OR IN GROUPS, PREDICT…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Clinical Diagnosis
Washington, Ernest D.; And Others – 1969
A curriculum was devised by working backward from Stanford-Binet items to specification of a universe of content for which the Stanford-Binet could serve as a content-valid achievement test. It was reasoned that this curriculum should home. This curriculum was tested on 20 4-year-old disadvantaged children in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Children
Kansas Univ., Lawrence. Head Start Evaluation and Research Center. – 1969
This progress report of the Head Start program in three sample communities in Kansas--Kansas City, Topeka, and Lawrence--contains 1968-1969 data. There are 11 classes in the sample, with 137 eligible children (68 females and 69 males; 81 Negroes; 15 Mexican American, 40 Caucasian, and 1 Other); 46 of the children were under 48 months; 48 were 49…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Educational Testing
Spaulding, Robert L. – 1972
Effects are reported of a Durham, North Carolina Education Improvement Program (EIP), a five-year compensatory education program, on social, intellectual, linguistic, and academic development of disadvantaged children. Regarding socialization, changes in social behavior are found to be more a function of specific setting variables, especially…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis
HESS, ROBERT D.; SHIPMAN, VIRGINIA C. – 1966
A 4-YEAR RESEARCH STUDY HAS INDICATED THAT A MOTHER'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SCHOOL INFLUENCES THE YOUNG CHILD'S SCHOOL BEHAVIOR AND HIS ABILITY TO DEAL WITH ADULTS AND PERFORM COGNITIVE TASKS. THE SAMPLE POPULATION FOR THE STUDY WAS MADE UP OF 1,963 NEGRO MOTHERS OF 4-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN FROM ONE MIDDLE-CLASS AND FROM THREE LOWER-CLASS…
Descriptors: Black Mothers, Cognitive Development, Data, Educational Research