Describe how computers have enhanced the development, administration and scoring of psychological tests
Describe how computers have enhanced the development, administration and scoring of psychological tests
Computer Testing [1 of 2]
Describe how computers have enhanced the development, administration, and scoring of psychological tests. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of computerized testing and the pros and cons of administering a test using the web.
Selecting an Instrument [2 of 2]
Consider that you are a psychology professional, working in your area of interest in an educational setting (public or private school setting).
Pick one of the following instruments to consider while answering the questions below:
Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL 1 ½ – 5) (CBCL 4 – 18)
Adult Basic Learning Examination
American College Testing Program – A-C-T
Child Sexual Behavior Inventory
Connors Rating Scales, Revised (CRS-R)
Cooperative Achievement Test
Diagnostic Mathematics Inventory
Graduate Record Examination
Horn Art Aptitude Inventory
Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children – II
KeyMath Revised
Learning Potential Assessment Device
Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
Metropolitan Mathematics Instructional Tests
Metropolitan Readiness Tests
Miller Analogies Test
Quality of School Life Scales
Scholastic Aptitude Test
Seashore Measures of Musical Talents
SRA California Achievement Tests
Stanford Diagnostic Mathematics Test
Stanford Diagnostic Mathematics Test
Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test
Study Habits Checklist
Survey of School Attitudes
Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test – II (WIAT-II)
What I Like to Do Interest Inventory
Wide Range Achievement Test – IV (WRAT-IV)
Woodcock Johnson – III
Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests – Revised
Locate appropriate support material in order to address the following:
What data regarding the reliability of the instrument is available?
What data regarding the validity of the instrument is available?
What is purported to be measured by the instrument?
In your specialty area, how would information from this instrument is employed to assist a client in an educational setting? Be sure to include references as appropriate.
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
