Are cognitive g and academic achievement g one and the same g? An exploration on the Woodcock-Johnson and Kaufman tests

Intelligence

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-138

  Kaufman, Scott Barry ^a   Reynolds, Matthew R ^b   Liu, Xin ^c   Kaufman, Alan S ^d   McGrew, Kevin S ^e,f  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c PEARSON   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Woodcock Muñoz Foundation   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Cattell Horn Carroll (CHC) theory; General cognitive ability; General Intelligence (g); Intelligence; Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children Second Edition (KABC II); Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement Second Edition (KTEA II); Second Edition Comprehensive Form; Third Edition; Woodcock Johnson; Woodcock Johnson III

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862797827     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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