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Similar results were confirmed by many studies conducted on different groups American-Chinese (Wang1924), Italians and Puerto Ricans(Darcy 1952), Indians(Jamieson-Sandifrod),Japanese(Yoshioka), Mexicans(Garth 1928; Altus 1953) Jews and Italians(Arsenian 1937), In 1920, when intelligence test was first introduced, the lower scores of bilinguals were attributed to their intellectual inferiority (Garretson 1928) or the adverse effects of bilingualism (Yoshioka 1929). The general findings are bilingualism is a disadvantage for bilinguals when their intelligence is measured on verbal test of intelligence (Darcy 1953). Most of the studies suggested bilinguals as ‘home-school’ bilingual. Most of the children in these studies were living in non- English …show more content…

He concluded that at the time of college entrance the students were still handicapped by bilingualism. However, bilingual background of students had no effect on the GPAs, whereas the exception was seen in the Korean group their level of bilingualism and GPA were positively correlated .43 but Smith failed to mention this. Overall, the positive correlation between the GPA and the degree of bilingualism (in case of Korean students) was more impressive than the negative correlation between aptitude and …show more content…

Verbal Comprehension Index. Tasks: Similarities, vocabulary, information and comprehension. Measures: abstract/ verbal reasoning, semantic knowledge, vocabulary and comprehension. 2. Perceptual Reasoning Index. Tasks: Block design, matrix reasoning, visual puzzles, picture comprehension and figure weight. Measures: visual spatial processing, problem solving, inductive reasoning, quantitative reasoning and ability to quickly perceive visual details. 3. Working Memory Index. Tasks: Digit span, arithmetic and letter-number sequence. Measures: working memory, attention, encoding, auditory processing, quantitative reasoning, manipulation and mental concentration and mental control. 4. Processing Speed Index. Task: Symbol search, coding and cancellation Measures: processing speed, associative memory, graphomotor speed and processing

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