Predictive ability of the General Ability Index (GAI) versus the full scale IQ among gifted referrals

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-128

  Rowe, Ellen W ^a   Kingsley, Jessica M ^a   Thompson, Dawna F ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; GAI; Gifted; WISC IV; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955255348     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020148     Document Type: Article

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