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Evaluating Potential Test Components for a New Cognitive Screening Test: a Preliminary Study

University of Miami

Lois-Lynn S. Deuel

University of Miami

Richard C. Urbano

University of Miami

Ruth Perou

University of Miami

Angelika H. Claussen

University of Miami

Michele S. Scott

University of Miami

Mercedes Sanchez

University of Miami

Four and five-year-old children, 22 with mild mental retardation and 27 with learning disabilities, were matched with normally achieving children of the same age, gender, and ethnicity. All were presented a battery of eight cognitive tasks being considered for inclusion in a new screening test. Five tasks were selected based on their high levels of classification accuracy. One of the selected tasks required the child to point to pictures in a systematic manner, one to find the odd or different picture, one to define a common word, one to generate items belonging to a specific category and one to verbalize differences among people. The results support the contention that a broad array of cognitive measures may enable more effective early identification of young children with mild learning problems.

Assessment for Effective Intervention, Vol. 22, No. 1, 21-38 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/073724779602200102


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