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    The passage discusses the complexity of intelligence, purpose of intelligence testing, IQ scores and classification, Wechsler scales and other measures of intellectual ability.

    Intelligence is generally referred to as the ability to learn and behave adaptively. It is usually assessed by a psychologist through intelligence testing in special education.

    The purpose of intelligence testing is to assess social judgment, level of thinking, language skills, perceptual organization, processing speed, spatial abilities, common sense, memory, abstract thinking, motor speed and word knowledge.

    ASSESSMENT OF

    INTELLIGENCE

    Chapter Nine
    CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
    UNDERSTAND…
    • 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
    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 • Common sense
    • Level of thinking • Long and short term
    • Language skills memory
    • Perceptual • Abstract thinking
    organization • Motor speed
    • Processing speed • Word knowledge
    • Spatial abilities
    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- 4th
    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, 3rd Edition
    (TONI-3)
    • Otis-Lennon School Ability Test, 7th Edition
    (OLSAT-7)
    CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
    UNDERSTAND…
    • 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
    THE END

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