Powerpoint Summary: “Considerations for a Assessment”:
This
powerpoint is discussing how intelligence assessments do not accurately assess
a students ability, specifically, their problem solving skills. Often, these
tests tend to hurt struggling readers, being more biased to more advanced
students. Therefore, a low success rate on these types of types then cause
students to have low expectations and lack of drive. I can relate to this type
of reaction to intelligence tests, always feeling very overwhelmed and unable
along with not being a good test taker, so receiving bad grades only made my
anxiety worse.
The
powerpoint continues to discuss the different components of some of these types
of tests, and I think the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test seems the most
approachable and realistic for students. This type of test helps shy or hesitant
students, therefore, being more accessible to more kinds of learners. I found
it interesting as well, that I had not heard of many of these types of tests.
Are they not commonly used across schools in the country? Perhaps I just have
not had much interaction with these types of tests.
I
feel like I learned a lot of new information in this presentation. I did not
realize the vast amount of testing opportunities, if chosen, to help determine
intelligence. However, I think there is a medium to be found between
determining certain learning abilities versus a students problem solving
skills. You cannot rely too heavily on either method, just intelligence
assessments or their avoidance all together.
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