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Record 1 2014-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Educational Psychology
CONT

Academic success was found to have been better predicted by the 1st-grade teachers’ predictions of success(on a similar scale) than by predictions based on 1st-grade reading or arithmetic skills, by IQ as measured by the nonverbal section of the Group Scale of Intellectual Level(Échelle collective de niveau intellectuel), or by the mother's education or the home educational climate as determined by a 6-point questionnaire.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Psychologie scolaire
CONT

Le nouveau test mis au point, l'Échelle collective de niveau intellectuel, permet de discriminer assez finement les enfants de 5 à 14 ans et de dissocier l'aspect verbal et l'aspect non verbal de l'intelligence.

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
OBS

[An assessment of] intelligence in children ages 4-6 1/2. Description : 10 subtests divided into two major divisions yielding a verbal IQ, a performance IQ and a full scale IQ for children tested individually. The Verbal section of the test consists of the following subtests : Information, Vocabulary, Arithmetic, Similarities, and Comprehension.... The Performance section consists of the following subtests : Animal House, Picture Completion, Mazes, Geometric Design, and Block Design.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

[...] échelle [...] qui sert à évaluer les enfants de 4 ans à 6 1/2 ans. [...] L'échelle renferme cinq sous-tests verbaux, un sous-test verbal supplémentaire et cinq sous-tests non verbaux.

OBS

Même si «échelle» est féminin en français on dit «le» WPPSI.

Spanish

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