Focuses on whether immigrant children from Ethiopia can master the instrumental enrichment (IE) tasks of Feuerstein's IE program. Compares IE task performance of immigrant students to Israeli students. Results demonstrate that exposure to regular curriculum does not prepare immigrant students for tasks like those contained in IE material.…

Following the accidental death of a classmate, 26 fellow 8th grade students completed a questionnaire to assess their reactions. Students strongly endorsed the school's response following the death. However, close friends from outside this particular class went largely unnoticed. Recommends that assistance be based on a clear understanding of the…

Elementary school teachers (N=200) were assessed about their explanatory attribution and preferred practices regarding four school behavior problems. Teacher burnout was assessed by Maslach Burnout Inventory. Results show that teacher misbehavior-related attributions and preferred practices differentiate significantly the burnout levels…

Compares performance of children (N=19) with nonverbal language disabilities to a group of children (N=16) with language learning disabilities using the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC). As hypothesized, children with nonverbal learning disabilities were found to have significantly higher simultaneous successive processing scores.…

Investigates performance of children (N=731) on the Matrix Analogies Test-Short Form (MAT-SF) as a measure of nonverbal intelligence. Analysis revealed that performance of Greek children was similar to an American sample. Findings suggest that MAT-SF can be used as a screening measure of nonverbal intelligence with Greek children using the US…