The listening abilities of teenagers in Great Britain are discussed. (CK)

It was hypothesized that WISC subtests lend themselves to highly objective scoring and therefore ratings would be highly comparable. Results revealed discrepancies between raters. (Author)

Reprints from: Thomas J. Cottle, Department of Social Relations, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.

Supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Study supported by the Research and Development Center for Learning and Re-Education, University of Wisconsin, pursuant to contracts with the U.S. Office of Education.

Suggestions and recommendations are made for using the Perkins-Binet Tests of Intelligence for the Blind for low vision and blind children. Suggestions cover such aspects as organization and preparation prior to administration and scoring. (CL)

Two studies investigated the effects of administration modifications on subtest scaled scores of the Wechsler-Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R). Performance scale rated different groups of 57 severely/profoundly hearing-impaired children. Total communication was found to result in higher scores on all subtests in the genetic and…

Issues involved in identification and definitions of giftedness are examined. Six areas comprising a broad definition are listed, and critical aspects of the identification process are considered, leading to review of a five-step model. Finally, the use of standardized intelligence and reading tests is considered. (CL)

Investigated the Vocabulary-Block Design short form for the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised), Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Revised) in a sample of 126 male delinquent adolescents. Concluded that short forms, especially the WAIS and WAIS-R, are useful screening tests. (Author/JAC)

It is suggested that the study of artificial intelligence can provide ways of thinking about the human mind that are potentially valuable in formulating cognitive theories. Theoretical psychology is proposed as an appropriate classification for this branch of theory. (MSE)

Although Piaget's theory remains the most impressive in its field, there are reasons for caution: its tenuous base in good data, overemphasis on failures or successes of logical structure as explanations of behavior, underemphasis on the possibility that much knowledge is socially constructed and transmitted, and the central but dubious tenet of…

Outlines an attempt to use artificial intelligence formalisms as a formal language of description for the complex conversational behavior that occurs in ethnographic interviews. Discusses three kinds of coherence and uses them to analyze the text of an interview. (FL)

Findings suggest that modestly good predictions can be made between IQ as measured by the Wechsler intelligence scales for children at age five and one-half and scores on group reading tests administered at ages seven and eight years. (FL)

One hundred undergraduate arts students were tested on all the scales of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales (WAIS) and the Differential Aptitude Tests. Varimax solutions were extracted on WAIS scores under four analytic conditions. No progressive increment in the WAIS communalities was marked as the marker variables increased. (Author/RL)