Children with Learning Difficulties: Similarities and Differences in Cognitive Abilities and Achievement.

Autor/inn/en	Smith, Douglas K.; Lyon, Mark A.
Titel	Children with Learning Difficulties: Similarities and Differences in Cognitive Abilities and Achievement.
Quelle	(1987), (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Achievement Tests; Cognitive Processes; Cognitive Style; Comparative Analysis; Elementary Education; Intelligence Tests; Learning Disabilities; Learning Problems; Scores; Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Elementarunterricht; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Lernproblem
Abstract	A study sought to compare the performance of elementary school students referred for learning difficulties on the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and to examine similarities and differences in performance on the two instruments between those placed in learning-disabled (LD) programs and those not placed. Of the 133 students, ages 6 to 12, administered the test, 82 were subsequently placed in LD programs. K-ABC scores were slightly lower than WISC-R scores for both groups. Correlations among the global scales of both instruments were all significant. Students placed in LD programs demonstrated lower scores on the Achievement Scale of the K-ABC and the Arithmetic and Reading/Decoding subtests as compared to the students not placed in the LD programs. Although the school-identified LD students revealed a greater variability in mean global scores, subtest profiles for both groups of students were remarkably similar. (CB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC