[Adaptation of Wechsler intelligence scales for children (WISC) to Argentinian subjects]. 1984

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In this paper some objections were made regarding the order in which the elements in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale subtests for children are introduced, as it may prove wrong for Argentinian children. Besides it is important to specify which are the items that--due to their being in close relation to cultural characteristics--turn out to be irrelevant or inadequate for these subjecs. The sample consisted of one hundred pupils belonging to different social and cultural levels--attending the highest grade in Primary School--whose ages range from twelve to thirteen. These pupils have been given a translated and adapted version of the WISC. The difficulty presented by each of the items of the various subtests has been throroughly analyzed and it has been observed that the order of some of them did not answer the increasing difficulty criterion which they had been elaborated with. In the Information and Vocabulary Subtests, for example, some elements were shown to be more difficult than others, while some other elements turned out too easy for the order they had been placed in. Besides there are some words too sensitive to the subjects' cultural differences. In the Comprehension subtest some questions turned out too difficult due to the fact that the required information is less frequent in our environment. In the Arithmetic subtest one of the items would not meet the difficulty grading shown while the last two items offer very little possibility of success for all subjects.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011340 Problem Solving A learning situation involving more than one alternative from which a selection is made in order to attain a specific goal.
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D003469 Culture A collective expression for all behavior patterns acquired and socially transmitted through symbols. Culture includes customs, traditions, and language. Cultural Relativism,Customs,Beliefs,Cultural Background,Background, Cultural,Backgrounds, Cultural,Belief,Cultural Backgrounds,Cultural Relativisms,Cultures,Relativism, Cultural,Relativisms, Cultural
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000124 Achievement Success in bringing an effort to the desired end; the degree or level of success attained in some specified area (esp. scholastic) or in general. Accomplishment,Accomplishments,Achievements
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D001118 Argentina Country located in southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay.
D012959 Socioeconomic Factors Social and economic factors that characterize the individual or group within the social structure. Economic and Social Factors,Social Inequalities,Social Inequality,Social and Economic Factors,Socioeconomic Characteristics,Factors, Socioeconomic,High-Income Population,Land Tenure,Standard of Living,Characteristic, Socioeconomic,Factor, Socioeconomic,High Income Population,High-Income Populations,Inequality, Social,Living Standard,Living Standards,Population, High-Income,Socioeconomic Characteristic,Socioeconomic Factor,Tenure, Land

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