The structure of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV; D. Wechsler, 2003a) was analyzed via confirmatory factor analysis among a national sample of 355 students referred for psychoeducational evaluation by 93 school psychologists from 35 states. The structure of the WISC-IV core battery was best represented by four first-order factors as per D. Wechsler (2003b), ...

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The effect of surgical treatment upon the intelligence of 20 children with moyamoya disease was evaluated and related to changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF). The patients were treated by various surgical revascularization procedures, mainly by encephalo-myo-synangiosis. Intelligence was tested using the Wechsler intelligence scale for children (WISC) in 19 children and the Wechsler adult intel...

This study used structural equation modeling to examine the effect of Stratum III (i.e., general intelligence) and Stratum II (i.e., Comprehension-Knowledge, Fluid Reasoning, Short-Term Memory, Processing Speed, and Visual Processing) factors of the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) cognitive abilities, as operationalized by the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition (WISC-IV; Wechsl...

EDRS PRICE MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Aptitude; Behavior Patterns; *Children; Cognitive Processes; Comprehension; Curriculum Development; Diagnostic Tests; *Educational Diagnosis; Emotional Disturbances; Intelligence; *Intelligence Tests; Learning Disabilities; Measurement Techniques; Measures (Individuals); Perceptual Development; *Performance Tests; Prediction; Scaling; Student Place...

The present study aimed to investigate the test-retest reliability of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth edition (WISC-IV) in a sample 138 children with autism spectrum disorder...

Incremental validity of WISC–IV factor index scores with a referred Irish sample: Predicting performance on theWIAT–II Gary L. Canivez*, Marley W. Watkins, Trevor James, Rebecca Good and Kate James Department of Psychology, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois, USA Department of Educational Psychology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA 3 Eirim: The National Assessment Agency, Ltd...

The present study aimed at investigating and comparing patients suffering from β-thalassemia (β-thal) minor with normal individuals in regard to their performances in the short version of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) test. Patients with β-thal minor are carriers of β-thal genes. They have mild microcytic and hypochromic anemia and are usually asymptomatic. In this cross-sectiona...

BACKGROUND The present study examines gender differences in the correlations between intelligence and developmental problems as well as social competence in first graders. METHODS Ninety parent-child dyads participated in this study. The children comprised 7-year-olds recruited from the first grade of an elementary school. All the children were administered the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for...