Ten young males (aged 16-to-22 years) whose IQ scores ranged from 51 to 77 were compared on a simple discrimination task with ten male university students (aged 18-to-23 years) and 28 nonretarded male children (aged 7-to-11 years) in order to determine if reaction time is a consequence of mental retardation.

Hoffman won his case on the basis of being misclassified, placed in a school for the mentally retarded, and thus deprived of 12 years of learning opportunities. School officials are appealing on the grounds that damages are excessive and that the adminstration of an IQ test contraindicates malpractice. (WI)

Intelligence testing has a place in assessment and placement procedures. (PHR)

The author examines the question of children's intellectual rights in two ways: first, how the question of rights in general arises, and, second, the rights implied in two educational contexts--testing and classroom lessons. (MJB)

Relationships between six home environment measures, achievement and intelligence tests were examined by stepwise multiple regression analyses for a sample of 60 eight-year old children. Home variables were most successful in predicting achievement test scores, less successful regarding culture-dependent intelligence test scores, and least…

As predicted, subjects scored higher on subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children which they had rated positively than on those which they had rated negatively. This positive reinforcement value effect supports the purposeful human image advanced by logical learning theory. No racial or social class differences were seen. (Author/CP)

Recent studies are examined for methodological adequacy in establishing dimensions of individual differences in information-processing abilities, and the theoretical problems involved in inferring psychological processes from individual difference dimensions. Methodological inadequacies include use of small samples, questionable procedures in…

The authors respond to Dresher and Hornstein's article (EJ 161 384, Cognition, December, 1976) on artificial intelligence (AI). The dispute between linguistic theorists and AI researchers is based upon their different aims; while AI researchers develop programs capable of intelligent behavior, transformational linguists study the characteristics…

The relationship between teachers' attitudes and behavior and the subsequent adult status of sixty children was examined. The findings showed a positive correlation between one first grade teacher and the adult success of children from a disadvantaged urban neighborhood. Includes fourteen tables of data. (EM)

This study investigated whether Koppitz Bender Gestalt Scores were related to ethnocultural, socioeconomic and sex factors when statistical controls for intelligence were used. When intelligence was controlled for, it eliminated many effects for these variables. Results are discussed. (NG)

In a study of the relationship between reading disability and poor social adjustment in intelligent children, significant correlation was found between reading retardation and hostility. Also, misperception by teachers of intelligent children with reading problems was noted. (Author/AV)

Reports on twelve year-old students instructed in Nuffield Project and in "traditional" classrooms. A division of the subjects into two groups based on intelligence revealed significant differences on classification ability. Interaction effects were also observed. (CP)

First-grade teachers characterized by high knowledge of behavioral principles were more verbally positive with their classes and produced significantly higher residual achievement gain results for low-IQ and middle-IQ pupils than did first-grade teachers characterized by low knowledge of behavioral principles. (Author/MV)

The present study examined the reliability of the WISC-R subtests and IQ scales when administered to Mexican-American children. In an effort to extrapolate these findings to the individual child, this study also attempted to ascertain the standard errors of measurement for each subtest and IQ scale. (Author)