This study was an investigation of profile patterns on WISC-III subtest scores of
Canadian gifted children. Profiles of students were compared to core profile types
identified by Glutting, McDermott, and Konold (1997) and Konold, Glutting,
McDermott, Kush, and Watkins (1999). From the literature reviewed, it was felt that
conducting a profile analysis based on empirical research would override some of the
criticisms inherent in the practice of profile analysis
The sample consisted of 88 children ages 6 through 13 years. Subjects were included
who scored at least 120 on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III).
Sixty of the participants were gathered from Choice School; the remaining 28 were from
the Psychoeducational Research and Training Centre at the University of British
Columbia.
The results of the profile analysis indicated that 34% of the cases were considered to be
clinically unique or rare. The profile analysis of the entire sample of Canadian gifted
students indicated that a much higher percentage of profiles were considered to be
clinically unique or rare when compared to the normative sample. Future research needs
to include larger samples of gifted children.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/12206 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Ricci, Nicole |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Relation | UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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