ASSESSMENT OF INTELLIGENCE Chapter Nine

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES The complexity of intelligence The purpose of intelligence testing What IQ score represent Classification of IQ scores The Wechsler scales Indicators of greater potential on the Wechsler scales Other measures of intellectual ability UNDERSTAND…

INTELLIGENCE A general term referring to the ability to learn and to behave adaptively In special education, intelligence testing is usually completed by a psychologist.

Purpose of Intelligence Testing Social judgment Level of thinking Language skills Perceptual organization Processing speed Spatial abilities Common sense Long and short term memory Abstract thinking Motor speed Word knowledge

Intelligence Quotient When children take intelligence tests they normally receive an overall IQ score. The IQ score often represents a measure of the child’s overall potential relative to the norms of his or her age group.

Once an IQ score is calculated, the psychologist can report the following information: The child’s present overall levels of intellectual functioning The child’s present verbal intellectual functioning The child’s nonlanguage intellectual functioning Indications of greater intellectual potential

Once an IQ score is calculated, the psychologist can report the following information: Possible patterns involving learning style Possible influence of tension and anxiety on testing results Intellectual capability to deal with present grade-level academic demands The influence on intellectual functioning as a contributing factor to a child’s past and present

MEASURES OF INTELLECTUAL ABILITY

The Wechsler Scales of Intelligence One of the most widely used individual evaluation measures of intelligence utilized in today’s schools. Consists of two parts: Verbal test Performance test

Measures of Intellectual Ability The Weschler Scales of Intelligence The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales- 4 th Edition (SBIS-4) Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (KBIT) Slosson Intelligence Test- Revised (SIT-R)

Measures of Intellectual Ability Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (CTONI) Test of Nonverbal Intelligence, 3 rd Edition (TONI-3) Otis-Lennon School Ability Test, 7 th Edition (OLSAT-7)

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES The complexity of intelligence The purpose of intelligence testing What IQ score represent Classification of IQ scores The Wechsler scales Indicators of greater potential on the Wechsler scales Other measures of intellectual ability UNDERSTAND…

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