A Comparison of Information Processing Abilities of Middle and Lower Class Negro Kindergarten Boys
- 1 April 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Exceptional Children
- Vol. 33 (8) , 545-552
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001440296703300805
Abstract
Fifty middle class and 50 lower class Negro kindergarten boys were administered a battery of eight instruments designed to assess specific information processing abilities. An analysis of 19 variables produced five reasonably meaningful components, with a general language ability component the most significant. When class groups were compared, this component discriminated most significantly between the groups. Implications for educational definition, diagnosis, and program planning are discussed.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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