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Painter, Elfrieda – 1976
Reported are findings of a project examining the scholastic levels of attainment, social relationships, and interests of 73 primary level students with IQs ranging from 141 to 213 on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale. Initial chapters (which differentiate this document from a similar report--ED 133 939) cover the relevance of children of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Trends, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Waller, Patricia F. – NASSP Bull, 1969
Part II of a 3-part report. See also AA 501 768, AA 501 770, AA 501 771, and AA 501 772.
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Intellectual Development, Intelligence, Learning Motivation
Bean, Rita M.; Crouse, Russell – 1981
A study was conducted to determine if verbs were learned as easily as other words by primary school children. One hundred eight kindergarten children were divided into high, medium, and low I.Q. ranges and each range group was further divided--one group for each of three testing methods at each intelligence level. A list of words including 25…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Context Clues, Intelligence Differences, Kindergarten
Odebunmi, Akin – 1980
Several themes relevant to the personality development and intellectual functioning of children are presented in this position paper. Inferences for the education of Nigerian children are also drawn. Among general factors considered influential in children's intellectual development, three are emphasized: the way in which intelligence is defined,…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Ability, Communication Skills, Environmental Influences
Ogletree, Earl J.; Hill, Gwendolyn – 1974
Factors that may influence teacher academic expectations include socioeconomic level, sex, level of academic and intellectual functioning, background information, and test results. In a study conducted by Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) on teacher expectations and pupils' intellectual development, it was found that, when teachers expected certain…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Expectation, Intelligence Quotient, Performance Factors
Buchman, Michael – 1979
Forty low-achieving seventh and eighth grade students were involved in a study to ascertain whether intelligence, underachievement, or the difference between aural and sight vocabularies could predict relative learning rate with respect to reading achievement gains. For purposes of the study, "relative learning rate" was defined as the ratio of…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Intelligence, Learning Processes
Davis, Robert B.; McKnight, Curtis C. – 1979
This study, based on the analysis of extensive interview data using concepts and models drawn from cognitive studies of human behavior and from artificial intelligence studies of computer information processing, highlights several information-processing differences between strong and weak students. Data were collected from 300 students in grades 3…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Ability, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Hunt, J. McVicker – 1977
This paper presents observational and research evidence to refute two widely held beliefs about psychological development: the belief in predetermined development and the belief in the simultaneous development of all behavioral systems. Studies suggesting the plasticity of development through environmental deprivation and intervention are…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Chissom, Brad; And Others – 1978
The D-48 and D-70 (Dominoes) Tests, which are parallel forms of a non-verbal, cross-cultural test, were administered to 82 college students and 112 high school freshmen. Criterion scores were obtained on the Otis Quick Score and grade point average for the college students, and the Iowa Test of Basic Skills for the ninth-graders. Results showed a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Culture Fair Tests, Grade 9
Haney, Walt – 1979
Three do-it-yourself intelligence test handbooks, five mini-textbooks, and five consumer protection guides are reviewed. Each type of publication reflects different social ideologies and communicates favorable, cautiously neutral, or critical messages, respectively, about testing. Psychologists Jules Leopold, Martin Lutterjohan, and Victor…
Descriptors: Consumer Protection, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
ANDERSON, GARY J.; WALBERG, HERBERT J. – 1967
TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL CLIMATE AND LEARNING, RANDOM SAMPLES OF STUDENTS IN 49 TWELFTH GRADE PHYSICS CLASSES FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WERE GIVEN A CLASSROOM CLIMATE QUESTIONNAIRE WHICH WAS CORRELATED WITH THE TEST ON UNDERSTANDING SCIENCE, A PHYSICS ACHIEVEMENT TEST, AND THE SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL FOR SCIENCE…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Tests, Attitudes, Bibliographies
GREEN, ROBERT L. – 1966
CURRENT RESEARCH INDICATES THAT SCHOOL AND HOME ENVIRONMENTS STRONGLY INFLUENCE AN INDIVIDUAL'S INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT, ALTHOUGH CERTAIN VERY BROAD HEREDITARY LIMITATIONS MAY ALSO AFFECT IT. THE ECONOMICALLY AND EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED YOUTH EXPERIENCES AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH LACKS STIMULI ESSENTIAL TO POSITIVE INTELLECTUAL GROWTH AND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Environment
FROST, JOE L. – 1967
A STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF AN ENRICHMENT PROGRAM ON THE INTELLIGENCE SCORES, PERSONALITY, AND SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT SCORES OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN. THE SUBJECTS CONSISTED OF 574 CHILDREN, 222 OF WHOM ARE WELFARE RECIPIENTS, IN THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD GRADES IN THREE RURAL ARKANSAS SCHOOLS. ONE SCHOOL, THE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Research
DUNN, JAMES A.; SAFFORD, PHILIP L. – 1967
AGE, SEX, AND IQ DIFFERENCES IN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONCEPTUAL PERFORMANCE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE STUDIED. PERFORMANCE MEASURES WERE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF DUNN'S OBJECT SORTING TASK (OST) WHICH PROVIDED SUCH INDICATORS AS SIZE OF THE COGNITIVE MATRIX, ACCESSIBILITY OF THE CONCEPTS IN THE MATRIX, AND DEGREE OF PRECISION IN…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Tests
BABCOCK, CHESTER D. – 1967
THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE RATIONALE FOR GREATER INDIVIDUALIZATION OF INSTRUCTION AND CONSIDERS MEANS OF ACHIEVING THAT GOAL. THE AUTHOR RECOMMENDS THAT ADMINISTRATORS (1) RE-EXAMINE THEIR OWN CONCEPT OF THE CENTRAL PURPOSE OF EDUCATION, (2) REDEFINE THEIR DEFINITION OF ACHIEVEMENT, (3) GROUP STUDENTS ONLY IN TERMS OF ACHIEVEMENT IN A PARTICULAR…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Individual Differences, Individual Instruction
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