A 54-Point Verbal-Performance IQ Discrepancy on the WISC-R: Cognitive Functioning of a Child from an Alternative School.

Autor/inn/en	Lapierre, D.; und weitere
Titel	A 54-Point Verbal-Performance IQ Discrepancy on the WISC-R: Cognitive Functioning of a Child from an Alternative School.
Quelle	(1992), (4 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Educational Background; Elementary Education; Females; Foreign Countries; Learning Disabilities; Nontraditional Education; Performance Factors; Performance Tests; Student Evaluation; Verbal Ability; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Vorbildung; Elementarunterricht; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Leistungsindikator; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsermittlung; Leistungsmessung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Mündliche Leistung
Abstract	Marked Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised (WISC-R) verbal-performance discrepancy commonly leads to the assumption that such children have brain pathology or cognitive disorders. Children without brain dysfunction may also exhibit wide discrepancy, but a discrepancy score of 30 is now assumed to occur in only 2% of the population. This investigation presents an 11-year-old child showing a 54-point discrepancy between the Verbal--VIQ and Performance--PIQ scales of the WISC-R. Results of wide ranging testing and other considerations strongly suggested that this child didn't manifest any kind of brain dysfunction. It was concluded that the particular academic environment of the child, an alternative school, exerted a very strong influence on her results on the WISC-R. This conclusion is further supported by the results of a follow-up evaluation, done one year after the child had been transfered to a traditional school, which revealed a WISC-R verbal-performance discrepancy of only 12 points. (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC