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Culture and Children's Intelligence
Cross-Cultural Analysis of the WISC-III
- 1st Edition - May 30, 2003
- Editors: James Georgas, Lawrence G. Weiss, Fons J.R. van de Vijver, Donald H. Saklofske
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 2 8 0 0 5 5 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 8 8 6 1 - 5
This book provides a unique cross-cultural perspective of the WISC-III. From construction, translation and adaptation in different cultures, to analysis of its structure and… Read more
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Request a sales quote- Leading experts discuss the clinical use of the WISC-III as it relates to culture and children
- Provides methods to clinicians and school psychologists to aid in understanding and interpreting results
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Foreword.
Preface.
Part I: Intelligence and the Wechsler Scales for Children.
D.H. Saklofske, L.G. Weiss, A.L. Beal, and D. Coalson, The Wechsler Scales for Assessing Children's Intelligence: Past to Present.
J. Georgas, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Intelligence and Cognitive Processes.
PartII: Standardization Studies of the WISC-III in Different Cultures.
L.G. Weiss, The WISC-III in the United States.
D.H. Saklofske, Canada.
P. McKeown, United Kingdom.
J. Gregoire, France and French-Speaking Belgium.
M. Schittekatte, W. Kort, W. Resing, G. Vermeir, P. Verhaeghe, The Netherlands and Flemish-Speaking Belgium.
U. Tewes, Germany.
P. Rossmann and U. Schallberger, Austria and Switzerland.
K. Sonnander and B. Ramund, Sweden.
G. Gintiliene and S. Girdzijauskiene, Lithuania.
D. Boben and V. Bucik, Slovenia.
J. Georgas, I.N. Paraskevopoulos, E. Besevegis, N. Giannitsas, and K. Mylonas, Greece.
K. Ueno and I. Nakatani, Japan.
K. Kwak, South Korea.
H.Y. Chen, Y.H. Chen, and J. Zhu, Taiwan.
Part III: Cross-Cultural Analysis of the WISC-III
F.J.R. van de Vijver, Principles of Adaptation of Intelligence Tests to Other Cultures.
F.J.R. van de Vijver, K. Mylonas, V. Pavlopoulos, and J. Georgas, Methodology of Combining the WISC-III Data Sets.
J. Georgas, F.J.R. van de Vijver, L.G. Weiss, and D.H. Saklofske, A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the WISC-III.
Appendix.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
- No. of pages: 336
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 30, 2003
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780122800559
- eBook ISBN: 9780080488615
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James Georgas
LW
Lawrence G. Weiss
Dr. Weiss has presented widely on intelligence in more than a dozen countries. He has authored or co-authored the following 7 graduate level text books:
• WISC-III Cross Cultural Analyses: Culture and Children’s Intelligence (2003)
• WISC-IV Clinical Use and Interpretation (2005)
• WISC-IV Advanced Clinical Interpretation (2006)
• WISC-IV Clinical Use and Intervention (2008)
• WAIS-IV Clinical Use and Interpretation (2010)
• BAYLEY-III Clinical Use and Interpretation (2010)
• Advanced Clinical Assessment with WAIS-IV and WMS-IV (2013)
Some of his books have been translated into Spanish, Japanese, and Korean. In addition, he has authored or coauthored approximately 30 journal articles, 12 technical reports, and 10 other book chapters.
Dr. Weiss holds a PhD degree in industrial and organizational psychology from Texas A&M University, and a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Trinity University. He lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife of 28 years, Judy Ann. The Weiss’ have two adult sons.
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Fons J.R. van de Vijver
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