ASSESSMENT OF

INTELLIGENCE

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
UNDERSTAND

The complexity of intelligence

The purpose of intelligence testing
What IQ score represent
Classification of IQ scores
The Wechsler scales
Indicators of greater potential on the
Wechsler scales
Other measures of intellectual ability

INTELLIGENCE
A general term referring to the ability to
learn and to behave adaptively
In special education, intelligence testing
is usually completed by a psychologist.

Purpose of Intelligence Testing

Social judgment
Level of thinking
Language skills
Perceptual
organization
Processing speed
Spatial abilities

Common sense
Long and short term
memory
Abstract thinking
Motor speed
Word knowledge

Intelligence Quotient
When children take intelligence tests they
normally receive an overall IQ score.
The IQ score often represents a measure of
the childs overall potential relative to the
norms of his or her age group.

Once an IQ score is calculated,

the psychologist can report the
following information:
The childs present overall levels of
intellectual functioning
The childs present verbal intellectual
functioning
The childs nonlanguage intellectual
functioning
Indications of greater intellectual potential

Once an IQ score is calculated,

the psychologist can report the
following information:
Possible patterns involving learning style
Possible influence of tension and anxiety on
testing results
Intellectual capability to deal with present
grade-level academic demands
The influence on intellectual functioning as
a contributing factor to a childs past and
present

MEASURES OF
INTELLECTUAL
ABILITY

The Wechsler Scales of Intelligence

One of the most widely used individual
evaluation measures of intelligence utilized
in todays schools.
Consists of two parts:
Verbal test
Performance test

Measures of Intellectual Ability

The Weschler Scales of Intelligence
The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales- 4 th
Edition (SBIS-4)
Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children
(K-ABC)
Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (KBIT)
Slosson Intelligence Test- Revised (SIT-R)

Measures of Intellectual Ability

Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal
Intelligence (CTONI)
Test of Nonverbal Intelligence, 3rd Edition
(TONI-3)
Otis-Lennon School Ability Test, 7th Edition
(OLSAT-7)

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
UNDERSTAND

The complexity of intelligence

The purpose of intelligence testing
What IQ score represent
Classification of IQ scores
The Wechsler scales
Indicators of greater potential on the
Wechsler scales
Other measures of intellectual ability