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WISC. [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
DEF

A northern state of U.S.A., bounded on north by Lakes Superior and Michigan, on east by Lake Michigan, on south by Illinois, and on west by Iowa and Minnesota.

OBS

The State of Wisconsin became the 30th state of the United States of America in 1848.

OBS

Nickname: Badger State.

OBS

Capital: Madison. Chief city: Milwaukee.

OBS

WI: The ISO two-letter code to be used only as post symbol in addresses or for data in rows or columns where the number of characters is restricted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
DEF

État du Centre-Nord des États-Unis, limité au nord par le lac Supérieur.

OBS

Histoire : Explorée au XVIIe siècle par Jean Nicolet (1634), Jolliet et Marquette, la région fut mise sous l'autorité française en 1686. Cédé à l'Angleterre (1763), rattaché aux Territoires du Nord-Ouest (1787), le Wisconsin, américain depuis la guerre de 1812, devint État de l'Union en 1848.

OBS

L'État du Wisconsin est devenu le 30e État des États-Unis d'Amérique en 1848.

OBS

Capitale : Madison.

OBS

WI : Code ISO à deux lettres à n'utiliser que comme indicatif de la poste pour l'adressage ou dans les tableaux où les données figurent en colonnes et dans un nombre limité de caractères.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-03-27

English

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

An intelligence test for children ages 5 years 0 months to 15 years 11 months developed and standardized in 1949 on a group of white children. The scale consists of twelve subtests, one of which is an alternative performance test.... Also known as WISC.

OBS

... the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale (1939), was designed for adults; it was followed by the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (1949) and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (1955).

French

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

L'échelle d'intelligence de Wechsler-Bellevue pour enfants ou W.I.S.C. [...] est la plus utilisée à l'heure actuelle pour apprécier l'intelligence d'un enfant. Elle comporte des subtests verbaux et des subtests de performance, à l'intérieur desquels les épreuves sont classées par difficulté croissante.

OBS

Voir fascicule 4101-G75 dans EMPED.

Spanish

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