This paper focuses on the adaptation and analysis of the psychometric properties of a learning potential test, called “Picture Word Game” (PWG, Corman & Budoff, 1974), which was tested on a sample of 205 Spanish prereaders. The test examines their ...
The purpose of the present study was to compare the predictive power of working memory and IQ in children identified as having learning difficulties. The term “working memory” refers to the capacity to store and manipulate information in mind for brief ...
This report provides an overview of the development and preliminary evaluation of an educational placement screener for use in short-term juvenile detention facilities. The screener is designed to gauge levels of competence in reading (at the word and ...
The measurement of science achievement is often unnecessarily restricted to the presentation of reading comprehension items that are sometimes enriched with graphs, tables, and figures. In a newly developed viewing comprehension task, participants watched ...