Handbook of Psychological and Educational Assessment of Children: Intelligence and Achievement - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 089862391X ISBN 13: 9780898623918

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 1990

Synopsis

Over the last several decades, psychological testing and assessment has grown to be one of the most prolific research areas in psychology. Testing has expanded to include evaluation and treatment of childhood disorders of development, learning and behavior; tests are being published at an increasing rate; and the scholarly literature on the topic abounds. Providing practitioners, researchers, professors, and students with an invaluable resource, this unique two-volume set presents a comprehensive reference to child assessment that encompasses the breadth and depth of this field in a single source.

For convenience, the two volumes focus on intelligence and personality respectively. Together, they cover a broad base of domains in children's psychological and educational assessment including such diverse areas as academic achievement, intelligence, adaptive behavior, personality, and creativity assessment. With a unique emphasis on practical issues in the assessment process, the volumes offer detailed discussion of commonly used tests such as the WISC-R, the K-ABC, and the Rorschach, and also examine general methods such as projective story-telling techniques. Covering the gamut of assessment issues, chapters range from discussions on the use of intelligence measures such as the Binet 4, to ethical issues, to such specific topics as the assessment of linguistic minority children.

Chapter contributions are by eminent psychologists and educators in the field of assessment with special expertise in research or practice in their topic areas. The chapters purposely vary from an emphasis on specific applications in assessment to cutting edge knowledge and critiques of research and statistical procedures. The breadth of this text makes it an invaluable guide for professionals responsible for the assessment of children and adolescents. Researchers who study aspects of children's assessment and psychodiagnostics will find it a comprehensive resource. These volumes also may serve as texts for graduate level courses in intellectual and personality assessment, practica and internship course work, and courses on psychodiagnostics, psychopathology, and special education.

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About the Author

Cecil R. Reynolds , Harrington Education Center , Texas A + M University , College Station , Texas.

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I. GENERAL ISSUES.
1. A History of the Development of Psychological and Educational Testing, French & Hale.
2. Measurement and Design Issues in Research on the Assessment of Children, Keith.
3. A Practical Model of Test Development, Robertson.
4. Legal and Ethical Issues in the Assessment of Children, Sandoval & Irvin.
5. Professional Standards and Best Practice in Childhood Assessment, Stewart, Lorys-Vernon, & Reynolds.

II. ASSESSMENT OF INTELLIGENCE, LEARNING STYLES, AND LEARNING STRATEGIES.
6. Assessment Children's Intelligence with the Wechsler Scales, Reynolds & Kaufman.
7. Assessing the Intelligence of Adolescents with the WAIS-R, Matarazzo & Forster.
8. Infant Intelligence: Do We, Can We, Should We Assess It?, Goodman.
9. Clinical Assessment of Young Children with the McCarthy Scales, Valencia. 10. Assessment with the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Kamphaus & Kaufman.
11. Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale Fourth Edition: Making the Case for Reasonable Interpretations, Glutting & Kaplan.
12. Principles and Problems in Learning Potential, Glutting & McDermott.
13. Nonverbal Intelligence Measures: A Selected Review of Instruments and their Use, Naglieri & Prewett.
14. Traditional Neuropsychological Approaches to Evaluating Mental Integrity, Dean.
15. Physiological Approaches to the Assessment of Intelligence, Vernon & Morl.
III. ASSESSMENT OF ACADEMIC SKILL.
16. Traditional Approaches to Academic Achievement Testing, Nitko & Lane. 17. Curriculum Based Assessment, Fuchs.
18. Criterion-Referenced Assessment of Achievement, Hambelton.
19. Implications of Cognitive Psychology for Assessment of Academic Skill, Goetz, Hall & Fetsco.
20. Assessment of Mathematics Ability, Crown.
21. Diagnostic Assessment of Reading, Stratton & Grindler.
22. Diagnostic Achievement Testing in Reading, Chall & Curtis.
23. Path-Referenced Evaluation of Achievement, Bergan.
24. Clinical Measures of Academic Achievement, Kamphaus, Slotkin & DeVincentis.

IV. SPECIAL TOPICS IN MENTAL TESTING.
25. Critical Measurement Issues in Diagnosis of Learning Disabilities, Reynolds. 26. Visual-Motor Assessment, Cummings & LaEverre.
27. The Problem of Cultural Bias in Mental Testing, Reynolds & Kaiser.
28. Assessment of Children's Knowledge of Basic Concepts, Boehm.
29. Assessment of Creativity, Torrance.
30. Computerized Assessment of Intelli-gence and Special Aptitudes, McCullough.

V. ASSESSMENT OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS.
31. Assessment of Intellectual Competence in Preschool-Age Children: Conceptual Issues and Challenges, Paget.
32. Mental Testing of the Hearing Impaired Child, Sullivan & Burley.
33. Evaluating the Psychological and Educational Needs of the Moderately and Severely Handicapped, Burns.
34. Special Problems in Mental Testing of the Gifted, DeMers.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 089862391X
• ISBN 13: 9780898623918
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 814
• Editor: Reynolds Cecil R., Kamphaus Randy W.