Measure intelligence without language using practical, classroom-friendly tests for China.
This nonfiction volume introduces a non-verbal approach to assessing general intelligence that avoids language and schooling factors. It explains how these tests can serve as independent measures or supplements to language-based assessments, especially in China’s diverse linguistic landscape. The work also covers how to combine test results with age, school performance, and teacher judgments to form a reliable final criterion for classification and guidance.
- Learn why non-verbal tests can be useful in China and how they were developed.
- See how multiple test elements are weighted and combined to form a final criterion.
- Understand how alternative, international-form test items can reduce coaching and cultural bias.
- Discover how these tests can be administered to groups in under thirty minutes, with practical classroom applications.
Ideal for educators, school psychologists, and administrators seeking a language-light, efficient tool for identifying abilities, guiding instruction, and planning student support.