Guest Lecture

Question 1

Preschool and primary scale age

Answer 1

2.6- 7.7

Question 2

Children and youth scale age

Answer 2

6-16.11

Question 3

Why different assessments for different age ranges?

Answer 3

Geared towards their skills

Normed for kids of this age range

Norms for different countries - Canadian and US norms, speech is different

Question 4

Overlap in age between the two tests why?

Answer 4

Testing limits essentially - 7 where cognitive capacity is slightly lower, some kids with ASD a bit delayed - test with a younger age range test

Question 5

WAIS IV age

Answer 5

Older youth and adults 16-90:11

Can use it for someone over 90 but there wouldnt be norms for that

Question 6

WASI-IV

Answer 6

6-90 - abbreviated scale
Full assessment - 2 and a half for typically developing, 3-6 for delay
Testing the general intelligence and cognitive ability when time is limited - 30 min

Question 7

why update questions?

Answer 7

Update the questions because children wont know what it is - whats a stamp - no longer valid for kids of the generation

Dont know what a calculator is

Question 8

Verbal Comprehension
Vocabulary

Answer 8

Meaning of words
Ex. What does assemble mean? - score for that child with probing question - what do you mean by that

Question 9

Verbal Comprehension

Answer 9

Vocabulary
Similarities
Information
Comprehension

Question 10

Verbal Comprehension
Similarities

Answer 10

A link between two words
Ex. how are blue and green alike

Question 11

Verbal Comprehension
Information

Answer 11

General information about the world
Broad range of knowledge
Ex. who was cleopatra - you either know it or you dont

Question 12

Verbal Comprehension
Comprehension

Answer 12

Understanding of general principles and social dituations
Ex. why do we clean our hands before we eat - sick germs, social norms - not one or two tests - how well can you reason

Question 13

Sometimes there is a teaching trial

Answer 13

Understand the concept of what youre trying to get them to do - supposed to tell you how they are similar

Question 14

Basal

Answer 14

minimum number of questions you can get right - 2 in a row correct before you keep going

Question 15

Celing

Answer 15

• 0’s in a row, gifted - go on about it

Question 16

Visual Spatial
Block design

Answer 16

Ability to quickly and accurately re-create a design using blocks
Ex. show a participant a picture - give them blocks
As quickly as you can

Question 17

Visual Spatial
Visual puzzles

Answer 17

Complete a puzzle using only 3 possible shapes

Ex. recreate with blocks - show her w teaching trial, support in first trial then see their understanding

Pull up a pattern by looking at a picture

Question 18

Fluid Reasoning
Matrix reasoning

Answer 18

Ability to detect a pattern within a matrix series

Example: show a participant a pattern- have them identify the missing piece - from 5 options which fills in the blank

Question 19

Fluid Reasoning
Matrix reasoning

Answer 19

Ability to detect a pattern within a matrix series

Example: show a participant a pattern- have them identify the missing piece - from 5 options which fills in the blank

Question 20

Fluid Reasoning
Figure weights

Answer 20

One of the hardest ones for kids to get

Ability to use both inductive and deductive logic through having to balance abstract objects on a scale

Ex. show a participant a scale with a square or circle on either side

Two green stars weigh the same as the yellow squares - what should go on a scale with one

Question 21

Fluid Reasoning
Picture concepts

Answer 21

Ability to identify common themes among contextually relevant stimuli

Ex. show participant pictures have them identify pictures that go together

Support at first to teach

Question 22

Fluid Reasoning
Arithmetic

Answer 22

Mentally solve a series of arithmetic problems
Ex. lou has 6 baseballs, he loses 3. How many baseballs does he have left

Question 23

Working Memory
Digit span

Answer 23

Ability to repeat a string of numbers in either a forward or backward fashion

Ex. say a list of numbers and have them repeat
Say them in increasing order form being
scrambled

Count backwards

Question 24

Working Memory
Picture span

Answer 24

Ability to use visual working memory

Ex. show participant pattern. Have them remember the order of pictures in the pattern

Question 25

Working Memory
Letter-number sequencing

Answer 25

Ability to remember a sequence of numbers and letters

Ex. say a list of numbers and letters - have them re-order and repeat

Question 26

Processing Speed
Coding

Answer 26

Ability use a legend to copy as many symbols as they can in a set amount of time

Ex. show participant the legend. Have them copy the symbols
2 min to complete based on the legend - have to go in order and finish as quickly as they can

Question 27

Processing Speed
Symbol search

Answer 27

Ability to scan and search a group and indicate whether one of the symbols matches the target

Ex. show participant pattern. Have them circle the matching or similar symbol
Same symbol on same line cross out yes
Dont see it cross out no

Question 28

Processing Speed
Cancellation

Answer 28

Ability to identify and mark recognizable imagery within a time frame

Ex. show participant an array of shapes and symbols - eliminate the target symbols
Cross out as many stars as you can