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Screening for giftedness with the Slosson and the scale for rating behavioral characteristics of superior students
Author(s) -
Rust James O.,
Lose Betti D.
Publication year - 1980
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 - 10.1002/1520-6807(198010)17:4<446::aid-pits2310170405>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - psychology , wechsler intelligence scale for children , intelligence quotient , rating scale , developmental psychology , test (biology) , wechsler adult intelligence scale , clinical psychology , cognition , psychiatry , paleontology , biology
Children who had been nominated as potential candidates for gifted programs were assessed to determine the relationships among certain behavioral and intellectual characteristics. Records were compiled listing 132 first‐ through eighth‐grade children's race, sex, age, grade level, Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT) IQ scores, Scale for Rating Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students (SRBCSS) scores, and WISC‐R IQs. Only children achieving SIT IQs of 130 or higher were included. A regression equation for the prediction of a WISC‐R Full Scale IQ score from a given SIT score was computed and compared to that developed for predicting the WISC‐R IQ in another study. All variables except SIT IQ were poor predictors of WISC‐R IQ scores. A moderate correlation was computed between SIT and WISC‐R Verbal and Full Scale IQ scores. A somewhat lower, but still significant, degree of relationship was found between SIT and WISC‐R Performance IQ scores. Some difficulties with using the SIT as a screen for gifted programs are discussed.