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WISC‐III score changes for EMH students
Author(s) -
Bolen Larry M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6807(199810)35:4<327::aid-pits3>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - psychology , wechsler intelligence scale for children , wechsler adult intelligence scale , intelligence quotient , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , cognition , psychiatry
WISC‐III IQ score changes, for a group of 70 educable mentally handicapped students, over a 3‐year period were found to be significantly lower for VIQ, Information, and Vocabulary tests. Trait stability (based on an average 3‐year retest interval) in intelligence measurement, as represented by the WISC‐III FSIQ, VIQ, and PIQ, was considerably lower—as expected—than reported for the standardization sample (based on a 23 day retest interval) in the WISC‐III manual. Significant individual variation was observed, with the FSIQ showing a 22 point range difference and the VIQ and PIQ showing even larger ranges between the first and second testing. Implications regarding profile analysis and program planning for EMH students are presented. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.