ASSESSMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

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ASSESSMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

• Chapter Ten

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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

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• INTELLIGENCE

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• Intelligence Quotient

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Once an IQ score is calculated, the psychologist
can report the following information

• Overall levels of intellectual functioning
• Verbal intellectual functioning
• Nonlanguage intellectual functioning
• Indications of intellectual potential
• Possible patterns involving learning style
• Possible influences on testing results
• Intellectual capability to deal with present
  academic demands
• Intellectual functioning as a contributing factor
  

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MEASURES OF INTELLECTUAL ABILITY
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The Wechsler Scales of Intelligence

• One of the most widely used individual evaluation
  measures of intelligence utilized in todays
  schools.
• Consists of two parts
• Verbal test
• Performance test

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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)

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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)

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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

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THE END