An identification procedure to distinguish between beginning stutterers and normally disfluent children, "A Protocol for Differentiating the Incipient Stutterer," is an appraisal tool that synthesizes existing knowledge into a unique format which guides clinical observations, data collection, and interpretation. The design, administration, and…

The paper describes four ways of conceptualizing gifted-disadvantaged students' and proposes identification procedures believed to be appropriate to each concept. Also considered are the implications of adopting these identification procedures as adjuncts to system-level screening procedures for the identification of gifted students. (Author/CL)

A bone conduction hearing screening test using frontal bone oscillator placement was compared with pure-tone air-conduction screening and impedance audiometry with 114 preschoolers. Unoccluded frontal bone conduction testing produced screening results not significantly different from results obtained by impedance audiometry. (CL)!

Studied the effect of depression on responses to the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) in 33 male and 32 female students, using clinical ratings of depression, the Beck Inventory, and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory D-Scale. Depression was found to significantly decrease scores on most of the CPI scales. (JAC)

Compared six Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) short forms with the full-length MMPI for ability to identify code-types and indices of psychopathology in renal dialysis patients (N=53) and paranoid schizophrenics (N=58). Results suggested that the accuracy of the short forms fluctuates for different patient populations and…

Aptitude test performance of 300 sixth graders compared with measures of intelligence, creativity, and task commitment (J. Renzulli's definition of giftedness) showed that strict application of Renzulli's definition resulted in identification of a small number of students. Totally different children were identified by verbal as opposed to figural…

The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) was designed to serve as a reliable and quantifiable measure of alcohol dependence (M. Selzer, 1971). Since its introduction, the psychometric properties of the MAST have been studied extensively, but there are several questions that have not been addressed or only partially answered. The purpose of…

The SIT is an individual test of intelligence, for both children and adults, requiring no specialized training. (Authors)

Cross-validation and standardization of a multiple choice analogy test designed to identify children who rely on free association rather than analogical reasoning. (Author)

Scores of 84 referred preschoolers on the Revised Denver Developmental Screening Test and the Developmental Profile II were compared with subsequent standardized tests of cognitive, motor, and language ability. Results suggested that both instruments are imperfect yet useful tools. (Author/CL)

The study investigated the use of a story retelling task as a mechanism for screening integrated communicative performance in 199 kindergarten readiness, and first-grade students.

The relationship between scores on an informant screening measure (the Preschool Attainment Record) and two directly administered screening measures (the Denver Developmental Screening Test, and the Developmental Activities Screening Inventory) was examined with 38 normal and retarded young children. Results caution professionals in comparatively…

The Structure of Intellect (SOI) Learning Abilities Test can be used in gifted education in many ways, including screening, a unit for junior or senior high students on intelligence, career exploration, help for individualizing, and training with learning disabled gifted students. Disadvantages of the SOI include its lengthy administration and…

The article focuses on a screening instrument for gifted and talented students. In the sample instrument included, characteristics in three categories are listed: learning, creativity, and leadership. (CL)

The second article in a three-part series focuses on the GIFTS Identification Instrument for selecting talented children in six areas: convergent thinking and behavior, divergent/creative thinking and behavior, goal-related thinking and behavior, social skills and behavior, physical skills and behavior, and affective thinking and behavior. (SBH)