Abstract

Assessment of minority individuals by traditional testing methods has been a concern of researchers in both education and psychology. Based on various tests primarily not intended for use as cognitive profile measures, a number of researchers concluded that differences existed between white and minority children in cognitive functioning. With the development of the Cognitive Laterality Battery (CLB), visuospatial and verbal-sequential abilities can be directly measured. This study compared cognitive profile scores of rural remote Alaskan Native, urban Alaskan Native, and urban Alaskan white male children, grades four through six, using the CLB. Alaskan Native boys, whether rural remote or urban, were found to significantly differ in cognitive functioning from Alaskan white boys. The Alaskan Native groups were found to have higher visuospatial as compared to verbal-sequential abilities, and the Alaskan white group was found to have higher verbal-sequential compared to visuospatial abilities.

How to Cite:

Lipinski, T. A. & Fairchild, T. N., (1990) “Visuospatial and Verbal-Sequential Performance of Rural Remote Alaskan Native, Urban Alaskan Native, and Urban Alaskan White Male Children”, Journal of Research in Rural Education 6(3), 43–47.

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