ABSTRACT
The Parent Leadership Style instrument was completed by 99 students enrolled in a leadership program and also by 129 of their parents. Data were analyzed and reported according to predominant leadership style (Telling, Selling, Participating, and/or Delegating) and effectiveness of leadership. A comparison was made between the parents' self-perceptions and how their children as student leaders perceived their parents. Some suggestions for parents are made relative to the development of leadership skills in students.
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Leadership , Parents/psychology , Personality Development , Self Concept , Adolescent , Adult , Child , Female , Humans , Male , StereotypingABSTRACT
The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children--Achievement Scale and Basic Achievement Skills Individual Screener were administered to 40 students previously identified as learning disabled. Pearson coefficients between the sets of scores on various subtests ranged from .03 to .70.
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Achievement , Aptitude Tests , Educational Measurement , Learning Disabilities/diagnosis , Child , Education, Special , Female , Humans , Male , PsychometricsABSTRACT
The Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (TONI) and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised (WISC--R) were administered to 46 Native American and white students who were suspected by their classroom teachers of having learning handicaps. Pearson correlations between these sets of IQs ranged from .42 (TONI and WISC--R Performance) to .89 (WISC--R Verbal and Full Scale).
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Indians, North American/psychology , Intelligence Tests , Rural Population , Wechsler Scales , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Discrimination Learning , Female , Humans , Male , Pattern Recognition, Visual , PsychometricsABSTRACT
The focus of this article is on a comparison of the 1979 (British) and 1986 (United States) norms for the Standard Progressive Matrices. To screen for potentially gifted children, 307 students in Grades 3 through 8 were tested, and the scores were analyzed using both sets of norms. The 1986 norms may identify more students above criterion. Results are discussed.
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Child, Gifted , Intelligence Tests , Poverty , Black or African American/psychology , Black People , Child , Female , Humans , Male , Reference Values , United Kingdom , United States , White People/psychologyABSTRACT
The focus of this article is on the identification of rural, culturally diverse gifted children. The Culture-fair Intelligence Test and the Standard Progressive Matrices were administered to 652 students enrolled in Grades 3 to 8 of rural elementary schools. Scores from these two tests and the California Achievement Test are reported. Their usefulness in the identification of gifted children is discussed.
