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“GAME” VERSUS “TEST” INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE WISC 1
Author(s) -
BRIDGEMAN BRENT,
STRANG HAROLD R.,
BUTTRAM JOAN
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of educational measurement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.917
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-3984
pISSN - 0022-0655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3984.1974.tb01001.x
Subject(s) - nonverbal communication , test (biology) , psychology , task (project management) , replicate , developmental psychology , statistics , mathematics , paleontology , management , economics , biology
“Game” or “test” instructions on either verbal or nonverbal WISC scales were given to 160 third‐ and sixth‐grade children. Ss in one condition were told they were going to take several tests, while Ss in the other condition were told they were going to play several games. Significant differences in performance due to task definition were found only on verbal tasks at the sixth‐grade level with test instructions yielding superior performance. Results at the third‐grade level failed to replicate previous results which suggested game instructions produce superior performance on nonverbal tasks.