Evaluating Janet's Vocabulary

Traditionally, people have defined someone who is intelligent as an individual who can solve problems, use logic to answer questions, and think critically. But psychologist Howard Gardner has a much broader definition of intelligence. Compare the traditional idea about intelligence with Gardner's. How have his ideas changed the way we assess the strengths and weaknesses of people?

The Woodcock-Johnson IV Test of Achievement (WJ IV) is used for individual ages two to ninety years old. A major strength of this assessment is that it provides a broad coverage of skills that can be assessed for the child to truly learn their strengths and weaknesses. For English as a Second Language students, the administrator can administer certain clusters of subtests to determine a child’s cognitive-academic language proficiency. Also, the test has many accommodations listed to help when testing English Language Learners, visual impairments, and other disabilities to provide the best testing environment for the student. A weakness of this assessment is that since so many subtests exist, it can become very easy to over

The type of assessment tool that would be used to measure students’ fluency is DIEBELS Oral Reading Fluency (DORF). The target intervention for the four students is improving their reading fluency to a 2nd grade level. DORF is a standardized test that measures student performance of reading word from the grade level by being timed for 1 minute. Students are instructed to read a passage as best as they can while the teacher is monitoring how many WPM they can read accurately in 1 minute. DORF also asks students to describe what they just read to allow a more accurate *** of students level or reading and avoid students reading quickly because they know they are being timed. (**p.32-33). The selecting of DIEBELS DORF was selected based on the

In “A Rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences”, Howard Gardner illustrates how there are a variety of intelligences. Gardner starts off with an example how IQ tests may predict achievement in school but may not predict achievement in life. After finding out certain parts of the brain are responsible for certain functions, such as “Broca’s Area” which is responsible for sentence production, Gardner proposes the existence of multiple intelligences. Multiple studies later led him to propose seven distinct intelligences; Musical, bodily-kinesthetic, logical-mathematical, linguistic, spatial, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. Each intelligence has certain classifications. According to Gardner’s classifications, I realized my intelligences are bodily-kinesthetic, logical-mathematical, and intrapersonal.

Charles Spearman's model of intelligence and Howard Gardner's multiple intelligence theory are two of the most widely used theories of intelligence. In order to understand how similar the two theories are we must first understand their differences. These two men differed in opinion on how IQ and intelligence should be measured, and they differed in opinion on what made a person "smart". In order to examine these things they first had to understand the human brain and how it works. They had to examine the human study habits and rituals, along with the human test taking habits.

Bennett presented with a constricted affect most of the time, as she appeared to suppress her emotions after she expressed her frustration with the way in which she was treated in the IEP. During testing of the WAIS, WIAT, and CVLT, she often spoke to herself quietly in a negative manner, including comments like “no, that is a dumb answer” and “no, that’s not it…” It seemed apparent that the longer she waited to respond, the more she became doubtful about her own answers, especially with the working memory-related questions. Moreover, she appeared immensely confused and uncertain during the entire section of the Block Design of the WAIS, suggesting that she has significant deficiency in her visual-spatial ability. Nevertheless, Ms. Bennett’s thought process seemed linear. She did not display any noticeable psychotic symptoms, as well as inattentive hyperactivity, and anxiety during the interview. Ms. Bennett was oriented to person, place, time and circumstance, and she completed the assessment with just a few water breaks in between the tests, as she was able to maintain alertness and attentiveness throughout the entire sessions. Ms. Bennett was administered the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV), a standardized assessment of overall cognitive functioning, potentially revealing individual cognitive strengths and weaknesses. On the WAIS-IV, Ms. Bennett scored a Full Scale Intelligence Quotient (FSIQ) of 71, falling within the Borderline range of

Howard Gardner introduced the theory of multiple intelligences stating that each person possesses a blend of at least eight different kinds of intelligence: verbal/linguistic, logical/mathematical, visual/spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and environmental/naturalistic (Bruno, 2009).

     A renowned professor of education and psychology at Harvard University, Howard Gardner has radically changed the way we look at intelligence. In 1983 Gardner published the first of two books that theorize that there are multiple intelligences. Gardner believes “that human cognitive competence is better described in terms of a set of abilities, talents, or mental skills, which we call “intelligence” (378). Gardner’s theory dismisses the idea that intelligence is a single attribute of the mind and suggests that there are different types of intelligences that account for different human

This test measures developmental skills and behaviors from birth to 71 months using observation, parent interview, and direct assessment. Results can be given in standard scores, percentiles and/or age equivalents for each subtest. Standard scores that fall between 90 and 110 are considered to be in the normal range of development.

Educators often use the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children –IV (WISC-IV). Another type of test is the norm-referenced achievement test, which compares a student with his or her grade or age-level peers regarding performance. An example is The Wechsler Individualized Achievement Test, Second Edition (WIAT-II), which tests academic skills in mathematics, reading, and written language. These tests, which are predominantly used, identify when students are not achieving at their expected level of ability. The Response-to-Intervention Model is another process that determines whether the student responds to scientifically research-based intervention called the response to intervention (RtI). Apart from being used for instruction, it is also able to pinpoint students with learning disabilities and give suggestions for optimal instruction. The Cognitive Assessment Model is a psychological processing assessment or neuropsychological assessment identifies students’ strengths and weaknesses with regards to psychological processing, including processing speed and working memory. The Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing is a standard way to appraise the current level of student’s performance in relation to memory, awareness, and rapid naming. It locates students whose achievement falls significantly below their peers,’ determines

Individuals should have an easy time completing this assessment. The format should prevent any inaccuracy in responses. The questions are written at a sixth-grade level. This could cause a problem for some individuals who can’t

In a classroom, all students are unique in various different ways. They may be different through gender, race, socio-economic status, and so forth. They may also be different in how they learn information and how they think about information. Multiple Intelligence Theory was first introduced by Howard Gardner. Gardner believed that there are eight types of intelligence that people possess. Some people may be stronger in certain types of intelligence and weaker in others. He wanted to prove that there is no single way for intelligence to exist. Learning style model is a theory that people have different ways of learning. Some people learn through listening to a teacher while others may learn through looking at diagrams. These two theories prove that teaching should not be directed towards particular students

Howard Gardner recognizes that intelligence is more than the single logical-mathematical processing of stored facts that intelligence tests assess. He views intelligence as problem-solving, problem-creating, and problem-finding across a range of situations. There are a total of eight Multiple Intelligences: Logical-Mathematical, Linguistic, Musical, Spatial, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, and lastly, Naturalist Intelligence. These Intelligences allow educators to carefully integrate several content areas within a specific curricula.

Woodcock Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities Third Edition It’s comprehensive battery is strong and well normed. Client can pick and choose the subtests. Limitations: This is an expensive test to administer and it is cumbersome to get full picture of client in one hour with this tool.

The theory of multiple intelligences was developed by Dr. Howard Gardner in 1983. The Theory of Multiple Intelligences is a critique of the standard psychological view of intellect: there is a single intelligence, adequately measured by IQ or other short answer tests. Instead, on the basis of evidence from disparate sources, the theory claims that human beings have a number of relatively discrete intellectual capacities. IQ tests assess linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligence, and sometimes spatial intelligence; they are a reasonably good predictor of who will do well in school. This is because humans have several other significant intellectual capacities (Harvard University).