Culture and children's intelligence : cross-cultural analysis of the WISC-III / edited by James Georgas ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Georgas, James, 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Cross-cultural studies.

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, [2003]

Summary:

Psychologists and special educators are increasingly called upon to assess students newly immigrated from another country. The Wechsler tests are perhaps the most widely translated intelligence tests in the world and yet, little is known about the standardization efforts in different countries or how well the WISC-III travels across country, cultural and linguistic borders. This book informs professionals about these issues with respect to 16 different countries in which the WISC has been translated and validated for use. Sources for obtaining translated versions are provided so that psychologists can assess immigrant students with greater confidence in multiple languages, and the assistance of a bilingual examiner. Issues presented are history of the development of the Wechsler tests, use of the WISC-III in each country and its potential use with ethnic groups in multicultural societies, and intelligence and cognitive processes from cross-cultural and indigenous perspectives. Relationships between WISC-III scores and affluence and education are also discussed. The cross-cultural analysis of the data strongly indicates that the WISC-III is a remarkably robust measure of intelligence with cross-cultural relevance. It would appear that over fifty years of experience with the Wechsler tests and the periodic revisions during this period have resulted in a refined and valid measure of cognitive processes that has considerable power for assessing children's intelligence, even in different cultural contexts.

Contents:

Part I Intelligence and the Wechsler Scales for Children

1 The Wechsler Scales for Assessing Children's Intelligence: Past to Present / Donald H. Saklofske, Lawrence G. Weiss, A. Lynne Beal, Diane Coalson

Critical Events in the History of Intelligence Tests and Testing 4

Index Scores 12

Current Clinical Uses of the IQ Scores 15

2 Cross-Cultural Psychology, Intelligence, and Cognitive Processes / James Georgas

Culture and Environment 24

Intelligence, Intelligent Behavior, and Tested Intelligence 27

Measurement of Intelligence in Different Cultures 29

Cognitive Processes Within and Across Cultures 31

Cross-Cultural Psychology and Cognitive Processes 33

Part II Standardization Studies of the WISC-III in Different Cultures

3 The WISC-III in the United States / Lawrence G. Weiss

Cultural Issues Influencing WISC-III Interpretation in the U.S. 50

Professional Issues in the Use of Intelligence Tests in the U.S. 55

4 Canada / Donald H. Saklofske

Cultural Issues Influencing WISC-III Interpretation in Canada 69

Professional Issues in the use of the WISC-III in Canada 71

5 United Kingdom / Paul McKeown

Cultural Issues Influencing WISC-III Interpretation in the UK 85

Professional Issues in the use of Intelligence Tests in the UK 87

6 France and French-Speaking Belgium / Jacques Gregoire

Cultural Issues Influencing WISC-III Interpretation in France and Belgium 100

Professional Issues in the Use of Intelligence Tests in France and Belgium 105

7 The Netherlands and Flemish-Speaking Belgium / Mark Schittekatte, Willem Kort, Wilma Resing, Griet Vermeir, Paul Verhaeghe

Cultural Issues Influencing WISC-III Interpretations in The Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium) 115

Professional Issues in the Use of Intelligence Tests in The Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium) 117

8 Germany / Uwe Tewes

Cultural Issues Influencing the WISC-III Interpretation in Germany 130

Professional Issues in the Use of Intelligence Tests in Germany 134

9 Austria and Switzerland / Peter Rossmann, Urs Schallberger

Cultural Issues Influencing WISC-III Interpretations in Austria and Switzerland 145

Professional Issues in the Use of Intelligence Tests in Austria and Switzerland 146

10 Sweden / Karin Sonnander, Bengt Ramund

Cultural Issues Influencing WISC-III Interpretations in Sweden 158

Professional Issues in the Use of Intelligence Tests in Sweden 160

11 Lithuania / Grazina Gintiliene, Sigita Girdzijauskiene

Cultural Issues Influencing WISC-III Interpretation in Lithuania 175

Professional Issues in the Use of Intelligence Tests in Lithuania 178

12 Slovenia / Dusica Boben, Valentin Bucik

Cultural Issues Influencing WISC-III Interpretations in Slovenia 193

Professional Issues in the Use of Intelligence Tests in Slovenia 194

13 Greece / James Georgas, Ioannis N. Paraskevopoulos, Elias Besevegis, Nikolaos Giannitsas, Kostas Mylonas

Cultural Issues Influencing WISC-III Interpretation in Greece 209

Professional Issues in the Use of Intelligence Tests in Greece 212

14 Japan / Kazuhiko Ueno, Ichiro Nakatani

Cultural Issues Influencing the WISC-III in Japan 222

Professional Issues in the Use of Intelligence Tests in Japan 223

15 South Korea / Keumjoo Kwak

Sample Characteristics 229

Reliability 230

Evidence of Validity 234

Cultural Issues Influencing WISC-III Interpretations in Korea 237

Professional Issues in the Use of Intelligence Tests in Korea 239

16 Taiwan / Hsin-Yi Chen, Yung-Hwa Chen, Jianjun Zhu

Cultural Issues Influencing WISC-III Interpretations in Taiwan 249

Professional Issues in the Use of Intelligence Tests in Taiwan 250

Part III Cross-Cultural Analysis of the WISC-III

17 Principles of Adaptation of Intelligence Tests to Other Cultures / Fons J. R. van de Vijver

Types of Translations 255

Translation of the WISC-III 257

Equivalence 258

Equivalence and the WISC-III 261

18 Methodology of Combining the WISC-III Data Sets / Fons J. R. van de Vijver, Kostas Mylonas, Vassilis Pavlopoulos, James Georgas

Overview of Test Adaptations per Country 266

Cross-Cultural Data Analyses 268

19 A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the WISC-III / James Georgas, Fons J. R. van de Vijver, Lawrence G. Weiss, Donald H. Saklofske

Structural Equivalence of the WISC-III Across Cultures 278

Cross-Cultural Comparisons of WISC-III Scores 289

Relationships Between Country Means and Social Indicators 299

The WISC-III in Cultural Context: A Synthesis of Findings 306.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0122800559

OCLC:

52559286

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