Does the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children / 3rd edition discriminate between LD and non-LD children, ages 9 to 16 years old?

Author

Matthew E. Dehmlow

Date of Award

2000

Degree Name

Psychology

College

College of Liberal Arts

Type of Degree

M.A.

Document Type

Thesis

First Advisor

Delbert A. Lawhon

Second Advisor

Stephen L. O’Keefe

Third Advisor

Janice Lawrence

Fourth Advisor

Leonard J. Deutsch

Abstract

The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether the Wechsler’s Intelligence Scale for Children / 3^rd Edition (WISC-III) can discriminate between students with learning disabilities (LD students) and students without learning disabilities (non-LD students). Although the WISC-III has established itself as a valuable psychological instrument for measuring intelligence, the subtests of the WISC-IH have been selected to examine possible differentiating patterns when examining a group of LD subjects and comparing their subtest results to a group of non-LD subjects. The current study proposes to examine the capability of the WISC-HI’s subtests to discriminate between a population of LD and Non-LD children, in West Virginia, ages 9 years to 16 years.

Subject(s)

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children.

Learning disabled children – Testing.

Children – Intelligence testing.

Recommended Citation

Dehmlow, Matthew E., "Does the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children / 3rd edition discriminate between LD and non-LD children, ages 9 to 16 years old?" (2000). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 1597.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/1597