Traditional intelligence tests have different scales and measure different cognitive abilities or skills. ... Next the article discusses psychometric factors in reading the article I've come to the conclusion that psychometric factors are those aspects of a test or a measure that say how good the test or measure is. ... Validity, briefly, refers to how well a test measures what it says it does. ... According to the authors of the article "the ultimate responsibility for appropriate test use and interpretation" predominately lie with the test user. ... Meaning the test should inc...

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While science has determined that age, gender, personality and culture all have an effect on learning and memory. ... At one time it was generally accepted that men performed better on spatial ability tests while women performed better on verbal tests; however it seems that differences in test scores have also changed over the years (Terry, 2009). ... Personality can also factor into learning and memory. The definition of personality is an "individual's characteristic mode of thinking, feeling, and acting" (Terry, 2009). One of the biggest contributors to personality and learni...

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"Sternberg's discussions on intelligence are very different from a lot of others because he appears to think that other than a static score, intelligence is somewhat malleable and should take into consideration things like culture, gender, age, parenting style, personality, and schooling."  ... Grades from school and standardized tests, such as the SAT, or ACT, measure only analytical intelligence. ... Those who are stronger in creative and practical intelligences often do not receive credit or praise because they do not test as well. ... Unlike analytical intelligence, creative intellig...

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You decide to include a group test of intelligence (based on the psychometric approach) but given the multicultural context in which you are working, you also administer a test that measures learning potential (using dynamic assessment). ... Provide an example of a group test of intelligence and of a learning potential test that you would use and justify your choices. ... TESTS FOR ASSESSING COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING 15 5.1 The General Scholastic Aptitude Test 16 5.2 The Learning Potential Computerized Adaptive Test 17 5.3 The Differential Aptitude Test Form K 19 5.4 Additionally 19 6. .....

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For example, Maccoby & Jacklin (1974) argued that men score higher on spatial ability tests than women, but on the other hand women do better on tasks involving verbal abilities and language vocabulary. ...

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Such as age,sex, previous experience with language learning, proficiency in the native language, personality factors From these differeces, we can see they are all influencing language learning, metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive strategies can play an important role in individual differences and directly interrelates with and influences language outcomes. ... This is necessary to diagnose students' problems in language learning just as the function of a test which is used by teacher to know their students' level of linguistic proficiency. ...

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