Week 3 - Educational Assessment

Question 1

Holland’s model of vocational interests is structured around a

Answer 1

Hexagon

Question 2

Realistic people prefer

Answer 2

Jobs involving direct interaction with the physical world

Question 3

Good multiple choice items

Answer 3

Should be carefully written so not to subtly flag the correct answer by using different grammar or excessively long option wording

Question 4

RIASEC stands for

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Realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising and conventional

Question 5

Social people enjoy

Answer 5

Interacting with other people

Question 6

Local norms refer to

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Test norms developed for particular geographical regions

Question 7

Achievement tests assess

Answer 7

Past learning

Question 8

The best measure of RIASEC is the

Answer 8

Strong Vocational Interest Inventory

Question 9

What is the WIATT-II designed to assess?

Answer 9

1. Eligibility for placement in special education programs
2. Oral expression
3. Learning difficulties

NOT GIFTEDNESS

Question 10

The purpose of supplemental tests in the WISC-IV is to

Answer 10

Extend the range of abilities sampled

Question 11

What do achievement tests assess?

Answer 11

Past learning

Question 12

What do aptitude tests measure?

Answer 12

Future learning potential

Question 13

What is summative assessment?

Answer 13

An assessment that has purely evaluative function

Question 14

What is formative assessment?

Answer 14

An assessment aimed at facilitating learning as well as evaluating it

Question 15

What is the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for children?

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An individually administered test of cognitive ability for children aged between 6-16 years inclusive. It can identify intellectual strengths and weaknesses as well as diagnose giftedness or mental retardation

Question 16

When was the WISC first published?

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1949

Question 17

What do general achievement tests provide s good measure of?

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Crystallised abilities: those associated with acquired knowledge and learning

Question 18

What does the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test - 2nd ed help assist?

Answer 18

The WIAT-2 can be used to assist the diagnosis of learning difficulties, eligibility for placement in special education programs, and other intervention decisions.
it is NOT used for giftedness

Question 19

What are the composites of the WIAT-2?

Answer 19

Reading
Mathematics
Written language
Oral language

Question 20

What is the main limitation of the WIAT-2?

Answer 20

It only represents on particular way of operationalising academic achievement

Question 21

Why have general aptitude tests been criticised?

Answer 21

They have been criticised as being biased in favour of majority middle-class white children

Question 22

What do vocational interest assessment try to determine?

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They try to determine what kind of work, career or course of study someone might be interested in pursuing

Question 23

What do realistic people tend to be?

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Fairly materialistic and value tangible attributes.

Occupations such as farming, mining, construction and transport

Question 24

What do investigative people like?

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Analysing and solving problems, theorising and dealing with abstract concepts.
Occupations such as science, engineering etc

Question 25

What do artistic people tend to value?

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Creativity and have a need to express themselves in creative or artistic ways. Dislike routine
Occupations such as fashion and media industries

Question 26

What do social people enjoy?

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Interacting with others, especially in an educational or welfare role and often have a heightened sense of ethics and social responsibility
Occupations include teaching, counselling and helping professions

Question 27

What are the characteristic of enterprising people?

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Strong business orientation, especially with regard to sales and management and leadership positions in government and industry.
They take satisfaction in their ability to organise and persuade others

Question 28

What are the characteristics of conventional types?

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They are reasonably business orientated, but more inclined toward administrative rather than leadership positions

Question 29

What is the Strong Vocational Interest Inventory? (SVII)

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It asks 325 questions about the test takers interest in occupations, activities, hobbies, school subjects and types of people

Question 30

What is a strength of the SVII?

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Uses extensive norms and each test takers pattern of score is compared with a pattern obtained by satisfied incumbents in over 200 occupations

Question 31

What is the best available measure of the RIASEC?

Answer 31

The SVII

Question 32

The Strong Vocational Interest Inventory

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was originally developed in the 1920’s

Question 33

The purpose of supplemental tests in the WISC-IV is to

Answer 33

extend the range of abilities sampled

Question 34

General aptitude tests are good measures of ______ abilities, whereas general achievement tests are good measures of ______ abilities

Answer 34

fluid; crystallised

Question 35

Formative assessment refers to

Answer 35

using assessment devices to facilitate learning

Question 36

The earliest form of vocational interest test consisted of a list of

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occupations

Question 37

The basic dimensions of the structure of vocational interests are

Answer 37

people vs. things and data vs. ideas

Question 38

What is the BASC-2?

Answer 38

behaviour assessment system for children

items derived through rational, theoretical and empirical processes - high degree of concordance with DSM-IV

Question 39

What items are included in the BASC-2?

Answer 39

externalising
internalising
behavoural symptoms index
school problems composite
adaptive skills