Assessment of Children: Cognitive Applications. Fourth Edition.

Autor/in	Sattler, Jerome M.
Titel	Assessment of Children: Cognitive Applications. Fourth Edition.
Quelle	(2001), (931 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-9618209-7-7
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Cognitive Ability; Cognitive Development; Cognitive Measurement; Cognitive Tests; Disabilities; Elementary Secondary Education; Expressive Language; Gifted; Intellectual Development; Intelligence; Intelligence Quotient; Intelligence Tests; Minority Group Children; Receptive Language; Standardized Tests; Test Content; Test Interpretation; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Testing; Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children; Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Denkfähigkeit; Kognitive Entwicklung; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Handicap; Behinderung; Begabter, Hoch Begabter; Mental development; Geistige Entwicklung; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Intelligenzquotient; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Testaufgabe; Test analysis; Testauswertung; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität; Testdurchführung; Testen
Abstract	This text is designed not only as a teaching text but also as a reference source for students and professionals on the assessment of the cognitive development of children. Chapters address: (1) process challenges of assessing children; (2) context challenges in assessing children; (3) ethical, legal, and professional applications of assessment practices; (4) useful statistical and measurement concepts; (5) historical survey and theories of intelligence; (6) issues related to the measurement and change of intelligence; (7) administering tests to children; (8) the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III (WISC-III); (9) WISC-III subtests; (10) interpreting the WISC-III; (11) the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence; (12) the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III (WAIS-III); (13) WAIS-III subtests and interpreting the WAIS-III; (14) the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale: Fourth Edition; (15) differential ability scales; (16) assessment of intelligence with specialized measures; (17) assessment of academic achievement; (18) assessment of receptive and expressive language; (19) assessment of culturally and linguistically diverse children; (20) research findings and recommendations on the assessment of culturally and linguistically diverse children; and (21) principles of report writing. Each chapter includes a summary of key points and study questions. Appendices include tables for the different tests. (Contains over 950 references.) (CR)
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