Performance of Black and White South African Children on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised and the Kaufman Assessment Battery
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13668703 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mervyn Skuy (University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 727-727 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.86.3.727-737 |
| OpenAlex | W4251776375 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
The validity of traditional intelligence tests for cultural groups that differ from those for whom the tests were normed has come under scrutiny. This is particularly the case for the previously disadvantaged black majority in South Africa. The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K–ABC) is reportedly a relatively nondiscriminatory test of intellectual functioning. This study compared the performance of 21 black and 35 white third-grade South African children on the K–ABC and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale–Revised (WISC–R) at two schools for children with learning problems. While the WISC–R Verbal and Full Scale IQ of black children were significantly lower than that of whites, there was no significant difference between these groups on the K–ABC. Teachers' ratings for white and black pupils were acceptably concordant with students' performance on the K–ABC but not on the WISC–R. Support is provided for the usefulness of the K–ABC as a relatively nondiscriminatory alternative to the WISC–R for South African children
Cognition · Developmental psychology · Disadvantaged · Intelligence quotient · Psychiatry · Scrutiny · Test (biology · Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale · Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children · Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence · White (mutation · Clinical Psychology · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Early Childhood Education and Development · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Psychology
Refinement and test of the theory of fluid and crystallized general intelligences.
The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical Data
A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales
K–ABC Simultaneous Processing, Das Nonverbal Reasoning, and Horn's Expanded Fluid-Crystallized Theory
Using the Bender Gestalt in South Africa
Household Density, Family Size and the Growth and Development of Black Children — A Cross-Sectional Study from Infancy to Middle Childhood
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
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| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |