The Role of Nonverbal Ability Tests in Identifying非语言能力测验在鉴定中的作用.pptVIP

The Role of Nonverbal Ability Tests in Identifying Academically Gifted Students: An Aptitude Perspective David Lohman The University of Iowa /dlohman Overview Background Nonverbal tests Advantages Disadvantages Understanding abilities Aptitude perspective For minority students Recommendations Background Why use nonverbal tests? Measure abilities in ways that are fair to all students Increase the diversity in programs for academically gifted and talented Actively assist children who have not had the advantages of wealth or who have not from birth been immersed in English Other factors to consider Get the right kids, not just the right number Especially critical for minority students Next generation of writers, scientists, mathematicians Crafting policy for the identification and development of a diversity of academic talents Nonverbal Tests Present visual stimuli (objects, line drawings) and Require a nonverbal response (assemble a puzzle, point, fill in a circle) “Nonverbal” describes the test, not the cognitive processes used to solve items Involvement of verbal processes Explicit (UNIT Analogic reasoning subtest) Implicit (Figural Reasoning tests) UNIT Analogy Advantages Reduced oral/written language load Verbal knowledge, verbally mediated strategies can be in any language Reduced mean differences between monolingual and bilingual students Disadvantages Pictorial tests Deciphering line drawings Shorter directions are not necessarily better directions 3. Unforeseen linguistic confusions UNIT Analogy CogAT Figure Analogy Disadvantages Figural reasoning tests Task specificity greater than for V or Q Task Specificity 1 Task Specificity Task Specificity Disadvantages Figural reasoning tests Task specificity greater than for V or Q Large practice effects Largest Flynn effect Disadvantages Figural reasoning tests Task specificity greater than for V or Q Large practice effects Largest Flynn effect Appearance of measuring something innate Fluid-Crystallized Conti