Abbreviations
- BIA:
-
Brief intellectual ability
- G:
-
General intelligence
- Ga:
-
Auditory processing
- GAI:
-
General intellectual ability
- Gc:
-
Crystallized intelligence
- Gf:
-
Fluid intelligence
- Glr:
-
Long-term retrieval
- Grw:
-
Reading/writing ability
- Gs:
-
Processing speed
- Gv:
-
Visual-spatial thinking
- Gwm:
-
Short-term working memory
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The Woodcock Johnson, Fourth Edition (WJ-IV) is a comprehensive set of tests to assess intellectual ability, academic achievement, and oral language ability. The WJ-IV includes three batteries: (1) the WJ-IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ-IV Cog; Schrank et al. 2014d), which assess overall intellectual ability and specific cognitive abilities; (2) the WJ-IV Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV Ach; Schrank et al. 2014a), which assess academic achievement, and (3) the WJ-IV...
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Wills, M.C., Wolf, J.M. (2017). Woodcock-Johnson Cognitive and Achievement Batteries. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_760-3
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