Week 7 Flashcards
what is a specific learning disorder.
difficulties learning and using academic skills. below average achievment
what are different types of specific learning abilities.
dyslecia., written expression, dyscalculia
describe the RTI model
A multi-tier approach to the early identification and support of students with learning and behaviour needs.
- Supplemental instructions with usual classrrom routine 2. Targeted more engaging interventions in small groups
- Intensive one-on-one interventions.
What is the dynamic assessment model?
approach to exploring learning potential that is based on a test-intervention-retest model. asessor do not remain neural they do everything in power to help child master.
what is the zone of proximal development
the space between what a learner can do on their own and what they cannot. they are the things the learner can do with help.
destinguish between individual and group tests
one vs many subjects at a time
Examiner records response vs students record own.
Scoring by examiner takes trainning vs straightfoward
flexibility by examiner to give better grades based on other factors vs no flexibility - student did bad because they are dumb
what is an achievement test?
- Evaluates what a person has learned as a result of exposure to a relatively defined learning experience (e.g., in this course PSY3041). - Tests how much an individual has learned in the past
Destinguish between facts abnd conceptual achivement tests
Both require rote learning (memorisation through repetition) but conceptual based requires an ability knowledge of facts and sufficient unbderstanding for application
what are the differences for group vs individual administration of achivemment tests?
Group administration: Commonly administered to cohorts, standaized to allow comparison of scores amougnst test takers.
Individual administration: assess basic achievement provide norm referenced and criterion referenced analyses for performance.
what is the wide range acheivement test (WRAT4)
quick measure of fundamental academic skills (reading, spelling, math, comutation sentence comprension)- can screen for disability. drade an age based norms.
used between 5-94 yrs
list 1 adavantage and 2 dissadvantged about teacher made achivement tests
pro = tailored to a specific program Con = not standadised (ni norms). not objective of lack content validity.
what is an aptitude test:
focus on informal learning and measure the potential for learning rather than assessing how much they have already learned. - Tests for an individual’s probable future ability to perform a task (e.g., future potential)
what is a general aptitude test:
-Assesses an individual’s overall potential to solve problems, adapt to changing circumstances, think abstractly, and profit from experiences
Examples: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-IV), Used to assess learning ability and obtain information on individual strengths and weaknesses to facilitate future learning and functioning
what are simultaneous vs seriel skills
simultaneous = solves problems by mentally intergrating many peices of parallel infro at the same time (prefers visual instruction)
Seriel: solves problems best by mental arrranging small amount of infomationm in consecutive step by step order (prefers verbal intruction)
Achievment, aptitue, crystalissed, fluid. What goes to what?
Achievement = crystalised Aptitude = fluid
what is a specific aptitude test:
Prognostic tests; used to make predictions in specialised areas which provides useful information on an individual’s potential in regards to education and employment.
Example: Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT)
What is a performance assessment?
any assessment that pull together a variety of knowledge skills and values that the examinee must exhibit (portfolio domain specific)
Describe authentic assessment
assessment of relevant and meaningful tasks that demonstrate the transfer of an areas opf study to real world activities.
E.g. assessing someones writing rather than MCQ or role play assessment
describe rating scales
completed by the evaluator to make a judgment of the relative standing with regard to a specific variable
what are some general cosiderations about psychoeducational testing
develop rapport
Be flexible (especially when testing children)
introduce and explain assessment in age appropriate terms
Take not of test takersmood fatigue attention, if they give up or perservere.
