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Download full textDowell, David A. – 1977
This paper examines the question of the hereditary nature of intelligence and the validity of some of the statistical procedures which have been used in measuring the degree of hereditability. The author feels that proof of the question lacks sufficient scientific rigor for the support of any conclusion, particulary for a question of such…
Descriptors: Heredity, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests
Voyat, Gilbert – Saturday Rev, 1969
From the monthly Saturday Review supplement, "Education in America, sponsored by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.
Descriptors: Blacks, Cognitive Development, Educational Psychology, Environmental Influences
PDF pending restorationGottfried, Adele Eskeles – 1979
The relationship between intrinsic motivation for school learning and school achievement was investigated. An intrinsic motivation inventory was developed to test the hypotheses that intrinsic motivation is differentiated into specific subject areas for school learning; and for specific subjects is positively, significantly, and differentially…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Curriculum, Elementary Education
Gonda, Judith; And Others – 1979
Recent efforts have been made to develop more age-appropriate intelligence measures for the elderly to determine the nature of age differences and changes in adult cognitive development. Spatial and reasoning performances of young, young-old and old-old individuals were compared on traditional versus familiar and presumably more meaningful…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adult Development, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)
Hildenbrand, Suzanne – 1981
The author traces the gifted education movement in the United States from the beginnings in the early 1900s of the intelligence testing movement. Societal conceptions about the ignorance of the masses fed the movement. The emergence of gifted child theory is traced to Lewis Terman and Leta Hollingworth. Terman's association of mental ability with…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Donlon, Thomas F.; Widiger, Thomas A. – 1978
The historical development and recent applications are described of the picture sequencing format (PSF), a testing device which requires the subject to designate a complete and correct order for a set of related pictures. The earliest use was by Decroly in 1914 and perhaps the best known use is in the Wechsler intelligence tests. Special…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Culture Fair Tests
Botterbusch, Karl F. – 1976
Specific suggestions and guidelines are presented for modifying psychological tests so that they can be used to obtain results that are not distorted by the individual's handicap. Focus is on testing persons with sight, hearing, and academic problems with the indication that principles developed for this fairly high percentage of the severely…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Blindness, Deafness, Guidelines
BLACKE, EVIAS, JR. – 1965
THE FOUR AREAS PRESENTED ARE GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL INTELLIGENCE TESTS, ACHIEVEMENT TESTS, EDUCATIONAL GROUPING PROCEDURES, AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH LOW INCOME. A TRACK SYSTEM, OR ANY SYSTEM OF GROUPING, SHOULD PROMOTE RATHER THAN HINDER THE ACHIEVEMENT OF BOTH THE LOW-INCOME GROUPS AND THE HIGHER-INCOME GROUPS. THE PRESENT TRACK SYSTEM IN…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Achievement Tests, Disadvantaged Youth
GRIFFING, BARRY L.; HAYES, GORDON M. – 1965
THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS OF 262 DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING STUDENTS (GRADES 7 TO 9) IN THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE PRESENTED IN TABLE FORM--(1) THE TEST USED TO SECURE AN INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT AND THE NUMBER OF PUPILS TESTED, (2) THE YEAR THE IQ TEST WAS GIVEN AND THE NUMBER OF PUPILS TESTED, (3) ACHIEVEMENT TESTS USED AND THE NUMBER OF…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Deafness, Exceptional Child Education, Hearing Impairments
JOSELYN, EDWIN G. – 1967
THE INTENT OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO ASSEMBLE BASIC DATA ABOUT CURRENT TESTING PRACTICES IN MINNESOTA SCHOOL SYSTEMS. PREPARED WERE TWO QUESTIONNAIRES, ONE FOR THE ELEMENTARY AND THE OTHER FOR THE SECONDARY LEVELS. THEY WERE DESIGNED TO BE AS SIMILAR AS POSSIBLE. THE TABLES CONTAINING THE DATA FROM THE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES ARE THE HEART OF THE…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Elementary Schools, Intelligence Tests
Montgomery County Intermediate Unit 23, Blue Bell, PA. – 1976
The ninth volume in the SER-LARS (Special Education Resources Location Analysis and Retrieval System) series, a diagnostic-prescriptive instructional data bank for teachers of the handicapped, presents information on tests used for measuring intelligence and mental maturity; general achievement/readiness; reading; mathematics;…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
AURBACH, HERBERT A. – 1968
A CONFERENCE WAS HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES FOR A STATUS SURVEY AND RESEARCH PROJECT IN AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION. THREE BACKGROUND PAPERS WERE PRESENTED WHICH PROVIDED AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF PREVIOUS RESEARCH IN INDIAN EDUCATION, ANALYZED CURRENT RESEARCH, AND CONSIDERED CURRENT ACTION PROGRAMS. PANELISTS DISCUSSED THE KINDS…
Descriptors: American Indians, Children, Conferences, Coordination
L'Abate, Luciano – 1966
This paper supports the hypothesis that picture vocabulary tests should not be used as interchangeable measures of intelligence for complex, lengthy intelligence tests (WISC and Stanford-Binet). In picture vocabulary tests assessing receptive functions (input), the child recognizes a word by pointing to or stating the number standing for an…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Persons, Handicapped Children, Input Output
Bayley, Nancy – 1966
This study attempted to find which factors determine the course of mental growth. The hypotheses were as follows: (1) early growth rates are rapid, chaotic, and uneven; (2) intellectual functions become more complex at age 2; (3) language is of overriding importance in intellectual growth; (4) more developed individuals have a longer infancy…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Environmental Influences, Factor Analysis, Genetics
Toronto Board of Education (Ontario). Research Dept. – 1964
This 1964 report briefly describes a large-scale longitudinal study to assess the achievement of all students who entered the Toronto school system in either junior kindergarten (1960) or senior kindergarten (1961). To assess the effect of kindergarten on the students' later school achievement, and to examine the nature of school failure, it was…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Tests, Behavior Rating Scales, Creativity
