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PubMed1984

Comparison of three measures of adaptive behavior.

A comparison was made among three adaptive behavior scales. Teachers and parents completed the Adaptive Behavior Scale--School Edition and the Adaptive Behavior Inventory for Children, and 57 EMR and slow-learning students (Ns = 36 and 21, respectively) completed the Children's Adaptive Behavior Scale. Analysis of variance and t-test comparisons indicated higher ratings for the slow-learner group than for the EMR group on all three measures. Also, parents rated students as having better adaptive behavior skills than did teachers. These findings suggest that measures of adaptive behavior can differentiate EMR from slow-learning children and that self-reports from parents on these measures may be somewhat unreliable.

Adaptation, Psychological↗

PubMed1982

The effectiveness of visual information processing training with hispanic children.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether one kind of visual information processing training improves performance on visual tasks and on academic achievement. One hundred fifty-three kindergarten, first- and second-grade Hispanic children who were poor visual processors were randomly assigned to either a training, a contrast, or a control group. The training group received tutoring in visual-information processing for approximately seven weeks while the contrast group was given small group instruction with regular curriculum materials. At the conclusion of the training all Ss were administered several visual tasks and achievement measures. Results indicated that only the tutored children performed significantly better than the other children on the Bender Gestalt test and that the attained visual motor integrative skills were maintained over a period of time. However, training in visual processing skills did not increase performance on academic tasks or on a task of basic concepts.

Achievement↗