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Essay Questions

1. Define learning aptitude. The ability to alter behavior when getting new info or a new experience.

2. List at least 3 ways the field of assessment has attempted to make the assessment of students from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds fair.

3. Define adaptive behavior. The effectiveness or degree which students meet the standards of personal independence and social responsibility expected for the students age.

4. Describe the two primary areas of assessment included on most individual test of intellectual performance. Verbal and non- verbal. Verbal skills can be emphasized. Non-verbal skills are evaluated by figural problem solving tasks. A good example of this would be a math problem. Measures of memory and visual motor tasks are most often used. Comprehension and short term memory are also of good measure.

5. Provide examples of information parents or other family members can contribute to the assessment of intellectual performance. Personal living skills, communication with family members and friends. Past records and report cards are a great source. Medical records or behavior problems are a good record of info.