Comparison of the Wisc-R Patterns of Children of Average and Exceptional Ability

This study investigated the diagnostic usefulness of WISC-R Verbal-Performance IQ discrepancies, subtest scatter, and Bannatyne's subtest recategorizations with educationally normal and exceptional groups of children. The subjects for this study were four groups of 74 learning disabled, 24 mentally retarded, 94 gifted, and 85 educationally normal children. No significant differences in discrepancies in Verbal-Performance IQs occurred among the four groups although learning disabled children more often showed Performance > Verbal discrepancies. No differences were found between the samples in the amount of subtest scatter. Group differences were noted in the patterns of scores on Bannatyne's recategorizations

Cognition · Developmental psychology · Intelligence quotient · Learning disability · Learning disabled · Mentally retarded · Psychiatry · Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children · Children's Physical and Motor Development · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Family and Disability Support Research · Psychology

• Stability of Wisc—R Scores for a Sample of Learning Disabled Children

  Open Access•Helmut Schmidt, H P Schmidt et al.•Psychological Reports•1989

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