The Role of Culture in Children and Young People’s Intelligence Scales. WAIS and WISC Tests and their Italian Revisions

Simonetta Polenghi

The Role of Culture in Children and Young People’s Intelligence Scales. WAIS and WISC Tests and their Italian Revisions

Simonetta Polenghi^*

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Abstract

The first Wechsler-Bellevue forms (1939-1946) were translated into Italian in 1957. The WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, 1955) and the WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, 1949) were introduced in Italy in 1974 and 1956 respectively. The aim of this paper is to identify the ways in which the Italian verbal and cultural subtests (particularly the Information and Comprehension subtests) differed from the American version; and to show the attention increasingly paid to cultural diversity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ISCHE43. Educational Technologies. Cultural and Social Dimensions of Pedagogical Objects. Book of Abstract
Pages	229
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	ISCHE43. Educational Technologies. Cultural and Social Dimensions of Pedagogical Objects - Milano Duration: 31 Aug 2022 → 6 Sept 2022

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Conference	ISCHE43. Educational Technologies. Cultural and Social Dimensions of Pedagogical Objects
City	Milano
Period	31/8/22 → 6/9/22

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1956-2012
Italy
WAIS and WISC Tests
testing

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