The Developing Cognitive Abilities Test was administered to 97 intellectually gifted students. Both male and female students achieved their highest scores on the verbal abilities component of the test while males scored higher than females on the spatial component. The research group of gifted students scored significantly higher than the norming group on the four subtests representing knowledge, comprehension, application and analysis; there was no significant difference between the scores for the two groups on the synthesis subtest.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
BloomB. S. (Ed.). Taxonomy of educational objectives, Handbook 1: Cognitive domain.NY: David McKay Company, 1956.
2.
HagenE.Identification of the gifted.NY: Teachers College Press, 1980.
3.
NieN. H., HullC, JenkinsJ., SteinbrennerK., & BentD.SPSS: Statistical packages for the social sciences.NY: McGraw-Hill, 1975.
4.
RossJ. P., & RossC. M.Ross Test of Higher Cognitive Processes: Administration manual.San Rafael, CA: Academic Therapy Publications, 1976.
