Assessment of Intellectual Functioning
2nd Edition
Published on 31. January 1996
Book
Hardback
XII, 412 pages
978-0-306-45152-2 (ISBN)
Description
This fully updated, comprehensive text examines the assessment of intellectual abilities in children and adults. Chapters emphasize the rationale and techniques for measuring intellectual function in educational, clinical, and other organizational settings. The author includes detailed descriptions of the most widely used procedures for administering, scoring, and interpreting individual and group intelligence tests. This second edition features additional material on testing the handicapped, individual and group differences in mental abilities, theories and issues in the assessment of mental abilities, and new tests for measuring intelligence and related abilities.
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Series
Edition
2nd ed. 1996
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Springer Science+Business Media
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
XII, 412 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
805 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-45152-2 (9780306451522)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4757-9304-8
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Lewis R. Aiken
Assessment of Intellectual Functioning
Book
05/2004
2nd Edition
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
€160.49
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Content
1 Foundations and Definitions.- 2 Measurement Concepts and Methods.- 3 Test Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation.- 4 Individual Testing of School-Age Children I: SB-IV and WISC-III.- 5 Individual Testing of School-Age Children II: KABC, DTIA, and DAS.- 6 Individual Testing of Adolescents and Adults: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.- 7 Individual Testing of Preschool Children and Infants.- 8 Individual Testing of the Handicapped.- 9 Group Tests of Intelligence.- 10 Testing in Other Countries and Cultures.- 11 Individual and Group Differences in Mental Abilities.- 12 Theories and Issues in the Assessment of Mental Abilities.- 13 Looking Forward.- Appendix A: Standardized American Individual Intelligence Tests.- Appendix B: American Suppliers of Intelligence Tests and Related Materials.- References.- Author Index.- Tests and Instruments Index.