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Intellectual Appraisal of Mexican-American Children: English vs. Spanish, Reinforcement vs. Nonreinforcement

The purposes of this study are:
(1) to make a contribution to the increasingly urgent evaluation of an appropriate measure of the intellectual potential of South Texas Mexican-American children as studied through the community of Charlotte, Texas;
(2) to gain some insight into the intellectual abilities of Mexican-American children of Charlotte, Texas when compared to the national norm;
(3) to appraise the effects of bilingualism as it relates to the mental development of first through fourth grade children of Mexican- American parentage, particularly through the WISC from the standpoint of the language in which the test is given;
(4) to ascertain the value of tangible (candy) and intangible (praise) reinforcement for each correct response yielded during the testing session.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663484
Date12 1900
CreatorsWeimer, Glenn Del.
ContributorsWhaley, Donald L., Haynes, Jack Read
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Format34 leaves : tables, Text
RightsPublic, Weimer, Glenn Del., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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