If You Are Concerned About the Validity of an Intelligence

question 51

Multiple Choice

If you are concerned about the validity of an intelligence test, which one of the following questions would you be most likely to ask?

• A) Does this test rely heavily on language skills?
• B) Does this test really measure intellectual ability?
• C) How much training do I need to administer and interpret this test?
• D) Do children tend to get similar scores on the test from one time to the next?

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Definitions:

Guided Participation

Also known as apprenticeship in thinking; the process by which people learn from others who guide them, providing a scaffold to help them accomplish more than the child could do alone.

Sensitive Teaching

An educational approach that focuses on responding to the emotional and developmental needs of students in a compassionate manner.

Episodic Memory

A subtype of long-term memory that involves the recollection of specific events, situations, and experiences, including their contexts and timings.

Scaffolding

Temporary support that permits a child to bridge the gap between his or her current competence level and the task at hand.