This assignment evaluates two assessment tools that promote understanding if a child is experiencing a school performance problem based on a disability that influences their academic achievement.
Before engaging in this activity, please make sure you read chapter seven and watch the following two videos:
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children–Fifth Edition:
WISC Test Overview – TestingMom.comLinks to an external site.
Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities
Woodcock Johnson Test Overview – TestingMom.comLinks to an external site.
You are going to create a PowerPoint presentation to address the following questions related to two different assessment tools: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children–Fifth Edition and Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities.
- Which assessment tool is most comprehensive, and why?
- In what areas do these assessment tools overlap?
- Which instrument is developmentally appropriate to use with primary grade students, and why?
- Why are parents most valuable when providing the child’s developmental history?
- How would you describe a student’s learning aptitude to a parent of a student with a specific learning disability?
- Define the following terms: learning aptitude and intelligence.
- Please use these questions as headings for your PowerPoint presentation.
- Each slide should include three to five sentences to answer the question listed.
- Please include at least three citations in APA format (one from the textbook, and one from each video).