The study examined the relationship between performance on the K-ABC (Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children) and the WISC-R (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised) for 67 students being considered for placement in a private school in a midwestern metropolitan area that serves students with severe learning disabilities. All were…

This paper offers evidence, both empirical and qualitative, linking R. J. Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence with H. A. Witkin's Theory of Field-dependence/independence (FDI). Some of the logical arguments are articulated that can be made connecting studies on FDI done in the past with aspects of Sternberg's componential and contextual…

The paper reviews research on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in language development and/or instruction with the deaf. Contributions of computer assisted instruction are noted, as are the problems resulting from over-dependence on a drill and practice format and from deaf students' difficulties in receiving and understanding new…

Author investigated the meaning of creativity in children in terms of tests designed to measure creative ability. (RK)

The hypothesis that a relationship exists between scores on an intellegience test and success in attempts at solving a writing task problem was supported for 15-16 year old boys. (Author/KM)

This study found that both motor abilities and learning abilities are involved in the determination of Animal House performance. (EK)

This report summarizes the capabilities of five computer programs at Yale that do automatic natural language processing as of the end of 1976. For each program an introduction to its overall intent is given, followed by the input/output, a short discussion of the research underlying the program, and a prognosis for future development. The programs…

The effects of stress associated with the administration of four commonly used tests of personality and intellectual assessment on measures of state and trait anxiety were assessed. (Author/BJG)

THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE VARIABLES OF INTELLIGENCE, LEARNING TASK PERFORMANCE, EMOTIONAL TENSION, AND TASK MOTIVATION WERE STUDIED. ABOUT 120 BRIGHT, NORMAL, AND RETARDED CHILDREN PERFORMED SIX TRIALS OF NUMBER LEARNING, CONCEPT FORMATION, PROBLEM SOLVING, PERCEPTUAL-MOTOR COORDINATION, AND VERBAL LEARNING TASKS. DURING THE LEARNING SESSIONS,…

PUBLICATIONS ABOUT RESEARCH, MEASUREMENT, AND INTELLIGENCE ARE LISTED SEQUENTIALLY BY DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM NUMBER OR VERTICAL FILE NUMBER. THE 208 BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RANGE IN PUBLICATION DATE FROM 1871 TO 1966 AND ARE FROM THE MANTOR LIBRARY AT FARMINGTON STATE COLLEGE. THIS CATALOG IS PART OF A SERIES OF SUBJECT CATALOGS LISTING SPECIAL…

AN INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED (1) TO DEVISE A NUMBER OF LABORATORY MEASURES OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SUSCEPTIBILITY TO INTERFERENCE EFFECTS IN LEARNING AND (2) TO DETERMINE THEIR DIMENSIONALITY IN A VARIETY OF INTERFERENCE EFFECTS. SUBJECTS WERE 530 STUDENTS IN INTRODUCTORY COURSES IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,…

AS A PHASE OF A STUDY OF THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF ABILITY TESTING, A NATIONAL STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLE OF 1,482 ADULTS WAS INTERVIEWED. OF THE RESPONDENTS, 59 PERCENT REPORTED AT LEAST ONE EXPERIENCE WITH A TEST OF APTITUDE OR INTELLIGENCE. WHILE THEY SAID THEY WERE RELATIVELY WELL INFORMED ABOUT TEST RESULTS THEY CONSIDERED SUCH TESTS AS LESS…