With a Little Help from…Howard Gardner? The Testing of Multiple Intelligences It is the first day of school at H.G. Elementary School. At recess, Bobby organizes a game of tag, while Suzy stands awkwardly against the wall; but come Sunday morning, Suzy is the star of the dance recital. Sarah can ace her spelling test if she creates a rhythmic pattern to each word but just cannot seem to solve story-problems in math. Jayden never needs a calculator to add, subtract, multiply, or divide but hates
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Intelligence Article Analysis Paper PSY 450 November 4, 2013 Intelligence Article Analysis Paper Intelligence Testing and Theories Intelligence measuring is important for individuals for various reasons. Testing intelligence throughout the years has changed. People change and not the same factors can determine one’s intelligence. The majority of individuals who take intelligence testing are for placement, such as children starting school, college, and employment. Children for example, take
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Reading Report #2 Intelligent Intelligence Testing By Etienne Benson Monitor staff Having read the above named article, I found three points that are worthy of emphasizing. These are as follows: 1. Intelligence tests unfairly categorize students by race, gender, class and culture. 2. Propagates the idea that people are born with an unchangeable endowment of intellectual potential that determines their success in life. 3. Practitioners want tests that can help them design interventions
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What are some examples of ways in which observational learning has benefited you in your life? Are there instances in which observational learning has worked to your disadvantage? While I was a teenager about the age of 13 years old I visited my cousins in the country area where they had a coconut farm. While on the farm I observed my cousin climbed a tall coconut palm tree using his hand and feet in a well coordinated movement of hand and feet.
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I was a little excited to take the test to determine just what my strengths and weaknesses are. I scored a 98 which I though was a little low. While I feel I should have taken a little more time with the test, I do feel the results were accurate. I am in no way a genius. According to the test results, my highest score was in the general knowledge section. I also feel that this is also accurate. I do tend to know things about the world that surprise some people. My lowest score was derived from the
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Standardized Testing: An Ineffective Way to Measure Students’ Intelligence High-stakes testing turns many classrooms and schools into prep centers rather than offering rich, engaging, well-rounded instruction. Rote and narrow instruction bores and alienates students, making them tune out and feel they are little more than their scores (FairTest, 2004). High schools exit exams (FairTest, 2008) push many thousands of students out of school. As a result of these factors, urban graduation
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the object so we can picture what we want the result to be. In the Thinking: Problem Solving and Making Decisions section, I was able to relate to the Trial and Error piece of this chapter. In my current job function, I preform User Acceptance testing; this is a form of the Trial and Error strategy. I agree with the chapter in that he Trial and Error strategy can be very time consuming, but is necessary to ensure the desired results are being returned. Also from the chapter, I was also able to
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What are some examples of ways in which observational learning has benefited you in your life? Are there instances in which observational learning has worked to your disadvantage? I used to work at a grocery store when I was younger. Observational learning was a major aspect of getting trained in such an environment. I remember having to shadow another staff member for the first week at work. I consider myself a visual learner. Having said that, most of the information I tend to grasp is usually
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Psychological Testing PSY/435 February 25, 2012 Psychological Testing Psychological testing is a recognized way to measure an individual’s knowledge, skill, abilities, characteristics, traits, and behavior. This type of testing is a way to introduce an individual’s personality, and a tool to help organizations select the appropriate employee. The ability test, personality test, and emotional intelligence test are just a few of the many tests available. A good test is one that is reliable and
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Anastasi and Urbina (1997) note that all psychological tests are tools that can be beneficial or harmful depending upon how they are applied to people and situations. Their first chapter cogently explores all of the contributing reasons to their assertions about both positions. Basically, there are several elements that determine the quality and suitability of a psychological test’s ability to be a good predictor of one’s behavior. First, the test should be an objective and standardized measure
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