Relationship between non-verbal cognitive abilities and variables in the educational context Relação entre habilidades cognitivas não-verbais e variáveis presentes no contexto educacional

Mecca T.P.; Jana T.A.; Simoes M.R.; Macedo E.C.

Relationship between non-verbal cognitive abilities and variables in the educational context Relação entre habilidades cognitivas não-verbais e variáveis presentes no contexto educacional

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Artigo

Date

2015

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Psicologia Escolar e Educacional

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5

Authors

Mecca T.P.
Jana T.A.
Simoes M.R.
Macedo E.C.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between non-verbal cognitive skills evaluated by the Leiter-R Intelligence International Scale and variables in the educational context. The Leiter-R was administered to 213 children aged between 6 and 8 years old, belonging to public and private schools, along with the Reading Competence Test of words and pseudo words and Proof of arithmetic. Students of private schools reached a higher score to the public schools in six subtests of the Leiter-R, and these differences were also observed in the age group for six years. However, between the ages of 7 and 8 years, the differences were only in two subtests. The correlations between the Leiter-R and academic achievement tests were positive, significant and of moderate magnitude. The linear regression analyzes indicated prediction of cognitive abilities in 24.2% of the arithmetic performance and 30.6% of the read performance.