Date of Award
12-1989
Degree Name
Specialist in Education
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Howard E. Farris
Second Advisor
Dr. Galen Alessi
Third Advisor
Dr. Steven Ragotzy
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
A group of 20 trainably mentally impaired students, ages 6-24, was randomly assigned to two groups, one of which received the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (Dunn & Dunn, 1981), manual administration, and the other a computer-assisted version, which required a switch closing response. Two weeks later, the order of administration was reversed. The results showed a difference of - 1.73 points in the manual to computer administration, and a -3 point difference from computer to manual administration. Overall difference between both administrations was -2.36 points, favoring the manual administration. Recommendations include systematic evaluation and/or training of TMI or lower- functioning students before using a method of evaluation requiring this type of response.
Recommended Citation
Balla, Wanda, "Comparison of Traditional and Computer-Assisted Administrations of the PPVT-R with Trainably Mentally Impaired Students" (1989). Masters Theses. 3311.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/3311