How to Detect Reading/Learning Disabilites Using the Wisc-III - Softcover

Searls, Evelyn F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0872071863 ISBN 13: 9780872071865

Publisher: International Reading Association, 1997

Synopsis

This monograph provides classroom teachers, reading teachers, and teachers of students with specific learning disabilities information about one of the most widely used intelligence tests, the third edition of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III). It also explains the use of intelligence testing in the diagnosis of reading/learning disabilities.Author Evelyn Searls acquaints educators with the organization and administration of the WISC-III, the tasks involved in each subtest, and what each subtest is designed to measure. She also suggests procedures for analyzing WISC-III scores in ways that may yield valuable information for the teacher as he or she seeks to remediate a student's reading/learning disability.

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Synopsis

Evelyn Searls acquaints teachers of students with learning difficulties with the organization and administration of the Wechsler Intellegence Scale for Children (WISC-III). She suggests ways to analyse scores that could help educators seeking to remediate a student's reading/learning difficulties.

Edition details

• Publisher: International Reading Association
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0872071863
• ISBN 13: 9780872071865
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 96