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Information Processing and Scholastic Achievement in Aboriginal Australian Children in South-East Queensland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

G.M. Boulton-Lewis ,
H. Neill  and
G.S. Halford
G.M. Boulton-Lewis
Affiliation:
School of Early Childhood Studies, Brisbane College of Advanced Education
H. Neill
Affiliation:
School of Early Childhood Studies, Brisbane College of Advanced Education
G.S. Halford
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Queensland
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Twenty high contact Queensland Aboriginal children of mean age six years were tested on two measures of capaciy to process information (cf. Case, et al., 1982 and Halford, 1984) and on two newly devised tasks to measure levels of thinking based on cultural knowledge. The results indicated that these children possess capacity to process information that is the same as Caucasian children of the same age. Because these children have underlying capacity to learn tasks to the same level as any other child the results have implications for schooling. It is intended that this initial trial testing will be followed up in a larger study.

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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 14 , Issue 5 , November 1986 , pp. 42 - 56
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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