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).
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