Handbook of nonverbal assessment / edited by R. Steve McCallum.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCallum, R. Steve.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence tests for preliterates.

Physical Description:

xvi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2003]

Contents:

1. Context for Nonverbal Assessment of Intelligence and Related Abilities / R. Steve McCallum 3

Brief Historical Context 4

Sociopolitical Context 7

Social (Re)Action to Assessment 9

Impetus for Nonverbal Assessment 16

Distinction Between Nonverbal Unidimensional and Multidimensional Nonverbal Tests 16

2. Best Practices in Detecting Bias in Nonverbal Tests / Susan J. Maller 23

Item Bias and Differential Item Functioning 25

Traditional Methods of Detecting Item Bias 26

Chi-square Methods 27

Standardization Approach 29

Logistic Regression (LR) 30

IRT DIF 31

IRT LR Method 33

Test Bias 36

Factor Invariance 36

Prediction Bias 38

Current Status and Recommendations 39

3. Physiological and Psychological Influences on Multicultural and Nonverbal Assessment / R. Steve McCallum 49

Some Physiological Influences 50

Psychological Influences 52

Examinee Characteristics 53

Examiner Characteristics 55

Testing Environment Characteristics 55

Appendix Some Medications (and Doses) Used for the Treatment of Childhood Disorders 58

4. Cross-Battery Assessment of Nonverbal Cognitive Ability / Brian E. Wilhoit, R. Steve McCallum 63

The Theoretical Foundation of CHC Cross-Battery Assessment 64

Gc

Crystallized Intelligence 64

Gf

Fluid Intelligence 65

Gq

Quantitative Knowledge 65

Grw

Reading and Writing Ability 65

Gsm

Short-Term Memory 65

Gv

Visual Processing 65

Ga

Auditory Processing 65

Glr

Long-Term Storage and Retrieval 66

Gs

Processing Speed 66

Gt

Decision/Reaction Time or Speed 66

Application of CHC Cross-Battery Assessment to Nonverbal Assessment 66

Nonverbal CHC Cross-Battery Assessment 67

Seven Steps of the Nonverbal Cross-Battery Assessment Approach 67

Appendix A Broad and Narrow Abilities Measured by Nonverbal Intelligence Batteries and Tests 73

Appendix B Cross-Battery Worksheets for Use with Nonverbal Intelligence Tests 74

Appendix C Confidential Psychological Report 78

Part II Selected Nonverbal Tests and Cognitive Strategies

5. The Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test / R. Steve McCallum 87

Test Model and Philosophy 87

Goals for UNIT Development 88

Description of the UNIT 89

Standardization and Psychometric Properties 89

Reliability 89

Validity 90

Fairness 91

Administration and Scoring 91

Starting and Discontinuing Subtests 92

Test Booklets 92

Timing 93

Four Item Types 93

Subtest-by-Subtest Rules of Administration 93

Interpretation 96

General Interpretation Guidelines 97

Interpreting the Standard and Abbreviated Batteries 102

Test Development 103

Administration and Scoring 104

Technical Properties 105

Standardization 106

Interpretation 106

Fairness 107

Appendix UNIT Interpretive Worksheet 110

6. Assessment with the Leiter International Performance Scale

Revised and the S-BIT / Gale Roid, Leah Nellis, Mary McLellan 113

Test Model and Philosophy 114

Theoretical Basis of the Test Batteries 116

Organization of the Leiter-R 117

Subtests of the Leiter-R 118

History of Test Development 120

Stages of Development 120

Planning/Research 120

Pilot Studies 121

Tryout Testing 121

Standardization and Psychometric Properties 122

Reliability 123

Content-Related Evidence of Validity 124

Criterion-Related Evidence of Validity 124

Construct-Related Evidence of Validity 126

Fairness of Assessment 128

Administration and Scoring 129

Interpretation 131

Composite Score Interpretation 131

Interpretation of Score Differences 132

Interpretation of Diagnostic Scores in AM Battery 132

Interpretation of the Rating Scales 133

7. Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence / Nils Pearson 141

Test Model and Philosophy 141

Standardization and Psychometric Properties 142

Normative Sample 142

Test Reliability 143

Validity of Test Results 144

Administration and Scoring 151

Selecting Pantomime or Oral Administration 151

Administration Instructions and Scoring 152

Interpretation 152

Test Scores 153

What Do the Subtests and Composites Measure? 155

8. The General Ability Measure for Adults / Achilles N. Bardos 163

Test Model and Philosophy 163

History of Test Development 165

Standardization and Psychometric Properties 166

Administration and Scoring 168

Interpretation 169

Appendix Summaries of Gama Validity Studies 171

9. Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Tests: NNAT and MAT-EF / Jack A. Naglieri 175

Test Model and Philosophy 175

Pattern Completion 176

Reasoning by Analogy 177

Serial Reasoning 178

Spatial Visualization 178

What the NNAT and NNAT-I Measure 179

History of the Tests' Development 181

Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT) 182

Structure 182

Standardization 182

Administration 182

Scoring 183

Reliability 183

Interpretation 183

Level 2: Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test-Individual Form (NNAT-I) 186

Structure 186

Standardization 186

Administration 186

Scoring 186

Reliability 186

Interpretation 187

10. Test of Nonverbal Intelligence: A Language-Free Measure of Cognitive Ability / Linda Brown 191

Test Model and Philosophy 192

History of Test Development 193

TONI (1982) 195

TONI2 (1990) 195

TONI3 (1997) 195

Standardization and Psychometric Properties 198

Item Selection 199

Standardization Procedures 201

Normative Procedures 201

Reliability 204

Validity 206

Measures of Test Bias 209

Administration and Scoring 210

Examiner and Subject Qualifications 210

Administering TONI 211

Scoring TONI 212

Interpretation 212

Understanding Test Scores 213

Accounting for Test Error 215

Foreign-Language, Alternate-Normed, and Cross-Validated Versions of TONI 215

11. Raven Progressive Matrices / John Raven, Jean Raven 223

Test Model and Philosophy 223

Standardization and Psychometric Properties 225

Standardization 225

Internal Consistency 225

Test-Retest Reliability 226

Validity 226

Some Correlates of RPM Scores 229

Administration and Scoring 232

The Progressive Matrices Tests 232

Interpretation 234

Part III Nonverbal Assessment of Related Abilities

12. Nonverbal Assessment of Academic Achievement with Special Populations / Craig L. Frisby 241

Adaptive Education for Disabled Populations 243

The Meaning of Nonverbal Assessment of Academic Achievement for Special Populations 243

The Development of Literacy and Deafness 244

Achievement Testing without Norms for the D/HOH 246

Selected Achievement Tests with Norms for the D/HOH 246

Skill Assessment of Persons with SSPI 250

Assistive Technology 250

Select Case Studies of Assessment of Persons with SSPI 252

13. Functional Behavior Assessment of Nonverbal Behavior / Christopher H. Skinner, Ruth A. Ervin 259

Foundations of FBA 260

Nonverbal Behavioral Assessment Procedures 262

Informant Reports: Interviews and Rating Scales 263

Direct Observation in Natural Environments 268

Experimental Functional Analyses in Analog or Natural Contexts 271

Analog Experimental Functional Analyses 272

Experimental Functional Analyses in Natural Contexts 273

Strengths and Weaknesses of Analog and Natural Experimental Functional Analyses 274

14. Nonverbal Assessment of Personality and Psychopathology / John D. Wasserman 283

Historical Antecedents 285

Approaches to Nonverbal Assessment of Personality and Psychopathology 286

Drawing Techniques 287

Draw a Person Technique 288

House-Tree-Person Technique 291

Kinetic Family Drawings 293

Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test 293

Other Drawing Tests 295

Object Placement and Play Techniques 296

Family System Test (FAST) 296

World Techniques 298

Self-Rating and Self-Report Techniques 301

Nonverbal Personality Questionnaire 301

Visual Analog Scales 305

15. Nonverbal Neuropsychological Assessment / John D. Wasserman, Robin M.

Lawhorn 315

An Operational "Nonverbal" Definition 316

Nonverbal Tests across Neuropsychological Domains 318

Attention and Executive Functions 319

Spatial Cognition 332

Memory and New Learning 340.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0306477157

OCLC:

51330461