Performance of black and white South African children on the Wechsler intelligence scale for children-revised and the Kaufman assessment battery.
The validity of traditional intelligence tests for cultural groups that differ from those for whom the tests were normed has come under scrutiny. This is particularly the case for the previously disadvantaged black majority in South Africa. The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) is re...
| Publicado en: | Psychological Reports Vol. 86; no. 3; pp. 727 - 738 |
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Ammons Scientific, Ltd.
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=507699945&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 507699945 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00332941 PSR jtl: Psychological Reports issn: 00332941 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: June 2000 pt1 vid: 86 iid: 3 pid: 726 pub: Ammons Scientific, Ltd. artinfo: ui: 507699945 10.2466/PR0.86.3.727-737 ppf: 727 ppct: 11 formats: tig: atl: Performance of black and white South African children on the Wechsler intelligence scale for children-revised and the Kaufman assessment battery. aug: au: Skuy, Mervyn Taylor, Mandy O'Carroll, Shelley su: Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Test scoring Racial differences Children South Africa sug: subj: South Africa Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Test scoring Racial differences Children keyword: Race differences Tests and scales -- Scores ab: The validity of traditional intelligence tests for cultural groups that differ from those for whom the tests were normed has come under scrutiny. This is particularly the case for the previously disadvantaged black majority in South Africa. The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) is reportedly a relatively non-discriminatory test of intellectual functioning. This study compared the performance of 21 black and 35 white third-grade South African children on the K-ABC and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale-Revised (WISC-R) at two schools for children with learning problems. While the WISC-R Verbal and Full Scale IQ of black children were significantly lower than that of whites, there was no significant difference between these groups on the K-ABC. Teachers' ratings for white and black pupils were acceptably concordant with students' performance on the K-ABC but not on the WISC-R. Support is provided for the usefulness of the K-ABC as a relatively nondiscriminatory alternative to the WISC-R for South African children. Reprinted by permission of the publisher, 2000. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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