Theories of Intelligence
Individuals who perform well on one test of cognitive ability tend to perform well on other tests of cognitive abilities.
This is evidence of what? Evidence of the shared variance of "g" or the existnce of g
Correlations between overall IQ scores on different cognitive batteries (e.g., WJ-IV, WISC-5, KABC-2) tend to be: high, medium, or low?
HIGH
If you felt that your scores may have been impacted by external threats to validity like a busy school environment, what should you do when reporting your cognitive data?
STATE INTERPRET WITH CAUTION
Deficits in what broad ability are sometimes found in children with cognitive giftedness?
PROCESSING SPEED
List one reason for over-representation of CLD students in special education
week 14, slide 6
___ broad CHC ability tends to decline with age, but ___ broad CHC ability tends to remain stable.
Gf/Gc
Give one justification for using intelligence tests in educational decision making.
(Many responses)
Name three types of error variance
any of these three: INDIVIDUAL/SITUATIONS; ITEM VARIABLE; EXAMINER VARIABLE; TESTING ENCVIRONMENT VARIABLE
When old norms are used, the Flynn Effect would result in the over or under identification of ID?Giftedness?
UNDER OF ID AND OVER OF GIFTED
True or False: CDE maintains a list of banned tests compliant with Larry P.
FALSE
When a test developer develops two subtests for fluid reasoning, one for deductive reasoning and one for inductive reasoning, they are working to boost what?
CONSTRUCT VALIDITY - or Construct Representation
Measures of IQ tend to correlate with academic achievement at about ____? .2 , .6. or .9
.6
Define the difference between an intra-cognitive strength and a normative strength.
Personal strength relative to personal scores vs. compared to all other children of same age
What is the percentile rank of a child with a cognitive ability score of 130?
98
Give the person to your left a compliment.
:)
List the three stages of memory
Sensory, Short term, long term
Describe one social determinant of IQ
Week 3 Slide 32
Which of the following is more reliable: Subtest Score or Broad Ability Score (comprised of two subtests)?
SUBTEST
Wha are the three major components of adaptive functioning?
SOCIAL, CONCEPTUAL, PRACTICAL
What is the purpose of the ELPAC?
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFCIENCY
What would you expect NOT to see on a test derived using the PASS model?
Gc
Describe the difference between a subtest score and a composite score.
INDIVIDUAL NARROW ABILITY SCORE; COMPSITE SCORE IS A DERIVED SCORE OF A BROAD ABILITY MADE UP BY TWO NARROW SUBTESTS
The average of the difference between all individual's scores and the mean of all scores is called what?
STANDARD DEVIATION
What are two recommendations you would make for a principal looking to improve her GATE assessment procedures?
(many responses)
What is the purpose of the C-LIM?
TO COMPARE DLL STUDENTS TO OTHER DLL STUDENTS RATHER THAN TO MONOINGUAL ENGLISH STUDENTS - CORRECTIVE NORMS