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Language Disability And Measures Of Intelligence In Handicapped Children : A Comparison Of The Mccarthy Scales Of Children's Abilities And The Leiter International Performance Scale, Shirley-Ann German Vulpe
Language Disability And Measures Of Intelligence In Handicapped Children : A Comparison Of The Mccarthy Scales Of Children's Abilities And The Leiter International Performance Scale, Shirley-Ann German Vulpe
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This study investigated a method to compare the effect of verbal language disability on measures of intelligence of young handicapped children. The purpose was to discover whether differences exist in the measures of intelligence when the verbal language requirements of an intelligence test are systematically varied. Two standardized tests that vary in the verbal stimulus response requirements were administered to 102 children ages 2-10 years classified as special education students in Hampton, Virginia.;Children were grouped according to patterns of performance on these tests: (a) LIPS 8+ > MSCA, (b) LIPS (DBLTURN) MSCA, (c) MSCA 8+ > LIPS, where 8 = ('(+OR-))2 SEm …