Confirmatory factor analysis was used to explore the internal structural validity of scores on the TerraNova-Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills/5 (CTBS/5) using two data sources: a) fourth, sixth, and eighth grade students from a large, urban southwestern school district; and b) the fourth, sixth, and eighth grade standardization samples reported by the test publisher. Achievement tests like t...

Abstract Objective: To identify differences between Hispanics and Caucasians in mathematics problem-solving abilities using the KeyMath-3. Methods: The data for this study was derived from a large de-identified database. sample contained two groups: Hispanic group, (n=38; 64.4% female; mean age=29.9, SD=10.46; education=12.89, SD=10.46) Caucasian group (n=72; 65.8% age=31, SD=13.27; education=1...

The aim was to verify the potential of holistic approaches towards evaluation human figure drawing. Groht-Marnat, Tharinger, Stark favour this approach, and findings seem legitimize considerations about its diagnostic productivity. Yama, Dans-Lopez Tarroja have identified bizarre artistic quality criteria for drawing that a relevant interpretative meaning. Within study involving 525 normal adul...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and in utero exposure increase the risk of neurocognitive deficits, but comprehensive screening is unavailable settings with high HIV prevalence (e.g., Sub-Saharan Africa). The Penn Computerized Neurocognitive Battery (PennCNB) was culturally adapted translated for use among children adolescents Botswana. To prepare implementation process, this study...

1. It has been suggested that lowdose prenatal mercury exposure as measured by umbilical cord blood mercury concentrations of >29 nmol/L causes adverse long-term neurocognitive outcomes. 2. Of 608 children, 491 (81%) had umbilical cord blood mercury concentrations of >29 nmol/L. However, umbilical cord blood mercury concentrations were associated with only two out of 23 neurocognitive subtests....

Two subtests—Sarcasm Comprehension and Metaphor Comprehension—of Gardner and Brownell’s (1986) Right Hemisphere Communication Battery, adapted to Hebrew, were administered to 27 right-brain-damaged (RBD) patients, 31 left-brain-damaged (LBD) patients, and 21 age-matched normal controls. RBD patients tended to score somewhat lower than LBD patients on Sarcasm Comprehension METAPHOR AND SYMBOL, 1...