Posted on 5/16/05
 

Be familiar with all material presented in class since the first exam.
 
 

Read the links found on the "Treasure for our grad students" (SPED 701) titled:
-Correlation
-Reliability
-Validity
-Achievement testing
-Adaptive Behavior
 
 

Know the criteria for labeling someone "mentally retarded" (with regard to Standard deviations from the mean).
Know whether a task (provided by Dr. Mac on the test) measures verbal or performance IQ.
Know the age group for each IQ test is appropriate.
Be familiar with the characteristics of the WISC-III, Slossen, Stanford Binet, WAIS, PPVT, Draw-a-person, and Detroit tests
Be familiar with the types of tasks/questions on each subtest of the WISC-III
 
 

Be familiar with the various aspects of "adaptive behavior" that are measured on adaptive behavior scales.
 

What makes the Kaufman K-ABC test notable?  Be familiar with the different learning styles that are assessed.
 

Know the difference between:
    -achievement and intelligence tests
    -screening and diagnostic testing
 

Know the characteristics of a good achievement test, and the threats to it's usefulness and validity.
 

Be familiar with the "Brigance Inventories".
 

Other tips:
-Be able to match the definition with the name of the various types of reliability and validity
-Be able to match the definition with the name of the type of correlation
-Be able to compute the 95% confidence interval, given the standard error of measurement by Dr. Mac (being able to guesstimate the range inside which we can be 95% sure that the true score falls)
-Be able to identify the type and strength of a correlation by assessing a graphed distribution (scatterplot).
 

Be familiar with the term "acculturation" and it's importance in assessing intelligence and skills.
 

*If any of the material is NOT covered in class, it will not be found on the test (or you will be told to ignore those questions).