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Peer reviewedBracken, Bruce A.; Fagan, Thomas K. – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
Eighty practitioners with varying levels of experience in the administration of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC)) completed a K-ABC Abilities Matrix to indicate their perceptions of the specific abilities assessed by each of the 10 K-ABC Mental Processing subtests. In only one-half of the judgments did the majority of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Attitudes, Cognitive Measurement, Examiners
Peer reviewedWiese, Martin J.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
Investigated capability of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) Verbal Comprehension (VC), Perceptual Organization (PO), and Freedom from Distractibility (FD) factor scores and student self-ratings of behavior to predict academic achievement in students referred for psychological evaluations due to learning and behavior…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Rating Scales, Cognitive Measurement, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedProctor, Theron B.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
Describes early admission as the first step in adjusting formal educational programing to meet the educational, social, and emotional needs of intellectually advanced children. Emphasizes the benefits to the child and potential benefits to society of meeting the intellectually advanced child's needs, advocating that school systems establish early…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Children, Cognitive Ability, Early Admission
Peer reviewedD'Aurora, Dianna L.; Fimian, Michael F. – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
Examines student stress and burnout among American children and youth, discussing models suggested and behavioral, physiological, and emotional manifestations experienced by children. Outlines interventions to reduce high stress levels, emphasizing the role of parents and teachers for education and support. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Burnout, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
Peer reviewedHuberty, Thomas J.; Huebner, E. Scott – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
Investigated the correlates of burnout in a national sample of 234 school psychologists using a stress questionnaire, demographic information sheet, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Indicated that burnout was related to demographic, environmental, and professional activity variables. Discusses implications for school psychology and future…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Burnout, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment
Peer reviewedSigmon, Scott B. – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
Identifies a five-level framework of psychological adjustment specifically for use by school psychologists. The levels range from one of excellent adjustment to severe psychopathology. Guides the school psychologist toward interaction with clients based on a differential scale of adjustment. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Clinical Diagnosis, Counseling, Counselor Client Relationship
Peer reviewedTerrell, Francis; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
Explored the self-concept level of Black adolescents with and without African names, and of their parents, using the Terrell and Taylor Black Ideology Scale and the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory. Adolescents with African names demonstrated significantly higher scores on the Black self-concept scales than did those without African names.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, African Culture, Black Students, Cultural Awareness
Peer reviewedHunsberger, Bruce; Cavanagh, Brenda – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
First- and-sixth grade students responded to social attribution and social preference measures for photographs of attractive and unattractive potential female teachers. Students preferred attractive photographs, judging them as nicest, happiest, and prettiest teachers, and as teachers from whom they would learn the most. Unattractive photographs…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Expectation
Peer reviewedHadfield, O. D.; Maddux, Cleborne D. – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
Investigated the association of field-dependent/independent cognitive style with mathematics anxiety, using mathematics scores of 481 secondary students. Indicated that field-dependent learners experienced more mathematics anxiety than did field-independent learners. Found significant interactions between sex and cognitive style and between…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Style, Field Dependence Independence
Peer reviewedCahn, Lorynne, D. – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
Examined patterns of variance for sex and grade level using the Nelson Reading Test, the Gates-MacGintie Reading Test, and the Spache Diagnostic Reading Scales for first to eighth grade students referred for possible reading disabilities. Females outscored males significantly on all measures. Found differences among grades in regard to both…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Instructional Program Divisions, Learning
Peer reviewedClarizio, Harvey F.; Veres, Valerie – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Examined the diagnostic utility of two patterns of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised in differentiating 64 emotionally impaired children (ages 5 to 18) from 290 controls. Data analysis showed neither the high similarities-low information or verbal-performance discrepancy patterns yielded a useful rule for diagnosing emotional…
Descriptors: Children, Diagnostic Tests, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis
Peer reviewedSnow, Jeffrey H.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Administered the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery-Children's Revision (LNNB-Children's Revision) and The Minnesota Percepto-Diagnostic Test (MPD) to 40 learning disabled students. Low correlations were found between MPD T scores and the LNNB-Children's Revision Scales, but raw scores from the MPD had somewhat higher correlations with the…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedVance, B.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Investigated the interscorer reliability between a novice and a professional psychologist for the Minnesota Percepto-Diagnostic Test-Revised (MPDT-R), using a sample of 30 individuals. Results indicated that for three of the four MPDT-R scores there was a significant positive correlation between expert and novice scoring criteria. (JAC)
Descriptors: Experimenter Characteristics, Interrater Reliability, Psychological Evaluation, Psychologists
Peer reviewedMadison, Lynda Sallach; Adubato, Susan A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Tested the effectiveness of the Stanford Binet Intelligence Test and the Bayley Scales of Infant Development in assessing the development of 30 preschool children. Demonstrated that encountering children ages 18-23 months whose performance is not scorable by standard methods for either test is a relatively frequent occurrence. (JAC)
Descriptors: Child Development, Disability Identification, Intelligence Tests, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedTelzrow, Cathy F.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Investigated the demographic and neuropsychological characteristics of 30 children in reading categories defined by performance on the Boder Test. Provided evidence that the Boder Test may be a nonbiased valid screening test for the identification of dyslexia and dyslexic subtypes. (JAC)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Dyslexia, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education
