Using the New General Ability Index for Preschool Gifted Screening

• In Event: 75.062 - Poster Session 18
  In Poster Session: 75.062-4 - Poster Session: Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent

Abstract

This validity study compares the newly revised Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Fourth Edition (WPPSI–IV) General Ability Index (GAI) score to a variety of scores from the established Differential Ability Scales-Second Edition (DAS-II) in an effort to investigate the GAI’s utility in determining cognitive potential and as a preschool screener for high ability. There was evidence supporting the validity of the WPPSI-IV GAI score for these purposes when compared to the DAS-II scores, including the overall DAS-II General Conceptual Ability (GCA) score. The ease and rapidity of administration of the GAI, coupled with the GAI casting a wider net of students identified as having gifted potential make the GAI very appealing for preschool screening.

Authors

• Maria E. Hernandez Finch, Ball State University

• Audra Leigh Cook, Ball State University

• William Holmes Finch, Ball State University

• Valerie Jean Rice, Ball State University

• Eric Eugene Pierson, Ball State University