Irai Cristina Boccato Alves

Matrizes progressivas coloridas de Raven - escala especial: normas para Porto Alegre, RS

The Ravens Coloured Progressive Matrices was proposed standards to Porto Alegre (RS) children. The sample was composed by 779 children from Porto Alegre state public schools, aged from 4 years and 9 months to 11 years and 9 months. It was found a progressive increase in average scores as age increased and it was not verified differences between boys and girls. Comparing average scores between children from Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre public schools we found that the average scores from Porto Alegre children was higher, but they were lower than the scores from Sao Paulo private schools children. Percentile ranks were obtained to each age level with range of six months. Research results show the need to establish specific norms to different Brazilian regions, mainly concerning intelligence tests.

Variáveis significativas na avaliação da inteligência

Some variables have a significant influence in the results of intelligence tests, what. leads to the need of considering them and controlling them in studies with these tests. Among them we can highlight the socioeconomic level, the age, the sex and the school grade. The results showed differences between socioeconomic levels in the Test of Goodenough, in the Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices and in the Columbia. Mental Maturity Scale. Significant differences were found between mean scores of sexes in the Test of Goodenough, in the R-1 Test and in the D.70, but not in Raven and Columbia. The chronological age should always be considered in the assessment ofthe childrens intelligence, because the results in the tests should increase as the child grows old. The same happens with the school grade, if we consider school grades or the school levels.