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FLUCTUATIONS IN CHILDREN'S COGNITIVE TEST SCORES OVER A TWO‐YEAR PERIOD
Author(s) -
FREYBERG P. S.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1968.tb01986.x
Subject(s) - psychology , test (biology) , period (music) , developmental psychology , demography , art , sociology , paleontology , biology , aesthetics
S ummary . Forty‐nine New Zealand primary school children were given a group of six tests at three‐monthly intervals over a two‐year period. Results showed fluctuations in the rate of change of mean score over the nine testing sessions. The mean scores from testing immediately after the Summer vacation showed plateaux in the growth curves, indicating a check in development or performance, both for measures of attainment and intelligence.