Chapter 9-Teaching Assessment and Testing Flashcards
Assessment and testing can be traced to:
Scientific physiognomy, phrenology, craniometry, and anthropometry
Psychological assessment can credit its genesis to:
- APA
- Commonwealth Fund
- Carnegie Corporation
- legislative and executive action
Testing was impacted by what disciplines?
Psychology, psychiatry, and philanthropy
What is the social constructionist perspective on assessment?
It values multiple identities, mental illness is only one.
What are the values of psychological testing?
- Provide a shorthand for counselors and a confirmatory tool
- Can help decide next phase of treatment
- Clients find comfort in having a name for a condition and possible treatment options.
The testing and assessment course prepares future counselors:
- understand role of psychological testing and clinical evaluation during the diagnostic process.
- explore ethical issues in handling and administering psychological assessment instruments
Besides the DSM-IV-TR, what other assessment measures can be used with clients?
- client’s verbal narrative
- psychological assessment scores
- DSM criteria
- other relevant info in collaborative construction of the client’s reality
What are challenges in teaching the assessment and testing course?
- CITs may have dread, limited interest or anxiety
2. Helping students “get behind” the testing paradigm to deconstruct its foundations.
Vygotsky (1962) asserts that the relationship between thought and language is:
a continual back-and-forth process and that learning can be seen as both developmental and relational.
A primary element of social constructivist education is:
recognizing learner readiness, in the form of the learner’s zone of proximal development (ZPD).
Define ZPD
Difference between a learner’s actual current development capacity and next potential level of development
Describe scaffolding.
Learners are not just taught content.
elped to see how their thinking changes through interactions with a teacher or peer, and how their knowledge evolves.
What are 4 units in Assessment and Testing course?
(1) Learning Historical Perspectives and Types of Assessments
(2) Understanding Statistical Concepts, Basic Assessment Concepts, and Reliability and Validity
(3) Conducting Unstructured Interviews and Mental Health Assessments
(4) Conducting a Standardized Assessment Battery and Writing an Assessment Report.
What is taught in Unit 1: Historical Perspectives and Types of Assessments?
- Historical evolution of assessment instruments and their sociocultural contexts
- Cultural biases and ethical considerations for using assessment measures
- Types of assessments
What are the goals of Unit 2: Understanding Statistical Concepts, Basic Assessment Concepts, and Reliability and Validity
- Link the knowledge of psychometric concepts to cultural and ethical competency.
- Demonstrate the relationships among knowledge of psychometric principles, advocacy, and social justice issues.