Aptitude Flashcards
Cognitive aptitude testing?
Problem solving, language skills, math
What is aptitude testing?
Measure potential
Mechanical aptitude testing?
Visual, spacial, pattern recognition
Artistic aptitude testing?
Visual art aptitude
Readiness in aptitude testing?
Applies to children and how they are ready for a grade
Gessell developmental schedule
Emotional ability
Clerical aptitude testing?
“How quickly you can fix things?”
SAT
Critical reading-Vocabulary,grammar,comprehension
Mathematics-math quantitative
Writing
Each scored on a range of 200-800(by 10’s)
Benchmark score-1550-65%( B- or better in first year student projection)
ACT
English, Math, reading and science
Scored 1-36
Composite being an average of 3-4 more scores
Benchmarks
GRE
Three sections-verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, analytical writing
GRE Scoring?
Average scores (computer adaptive)
ASVITB
Given by military
A lot or mechanical comprehension
Intelligence testing
Innate/Born
Parameters of a definition intelligence
Mental, active/purposeful,multi-faceted, flexible, good, distance from learning, knowledge is static
Theories of intelligence
Charles spearman g and s
S’s are correlated with G
Loois Thurstone-seven independent factors
Horn-cattell= gc/gf fluid-ways you can apply intelligence
Howad Gardner- multiple intelligence
(Linguistic, logical, mathematical musician, bodily, kinestic, spacial, recognize and us patterns emotional, interpersonal
Daniel Goleman- emotional intelligences
Stanford-Binet
Normed on 4800 people aged 2-85 Internal considerly of .98 Concurrent validity in the .80s Mean=100 Standard= 15