IQ Is Related to the Worst Performance Rule in a Memory Task Involving Children.

Coyle, Thomas R.

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ERIC Number: EJ631759

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Publication Date: 2001

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IQ Is Related to the Worst Performance Rule in a Memory Task Involving Children.

Coyle, Thomas R.

Intelligence, v29 n2 p117-29 2001

Examined whether the Worst Performance rule (G. Larson and D. Alderton, 1990) could be applied to a strategic memory task in which 81 children in grades 2 through 4 were asked to remember different lists of categorizable words. Results show strong support for the rule, with worst performance predicting more unique variance in IQ than any other variable. (SLD)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Intelligence, Intelligence Quotient, Memory, Prediction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Research supported by a Faculty Development Grant from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Training Grant T32 HD07318-06A1.