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Chapter 10
Assessment of Intelligence
Brief Summary
Chapter 10 will discuss the importance of intelligence testing in the special education process. After
reading this chapter your students should be able to understand the following:
▪ The complexity of intelligence
▪ The purpose of intelligence testing
▪ What IQ scores represent
▪ Classification of IQ scores
▪ The Wechsler scales
▪ Indicators of greater potential on the Wechsler scales
▪ Other measures of intellectual ability
Lecture and Discussion Outline
I. Overview of Intelligence
II. The Purpose of Intelligence Testing
III. Skills that intelligence tests attempt to measure
A. Social judgment
B. Level of thinking
C. Language skills
D. Perceptual organization
E. Processing speed
F. Spatial abilities
G. Common sense
H. Long and short term memory
I. Abstract thinking
J. Motor speed
K. Word knowledge
IV. IQ Scores
A. Intelligence Quotient
B. Classification of IQ scores
C. Advantages and Disadvantages of IQ Testing and IQ Scores
V. Measures of Intellectual Ability
VI. The Wechsler Scales of Intelligence
A. WPPSI-IV
B. WISC-V
C. WAIS-IV
VI. Wechsler Subtests
VIII. Other Measures of Intelligence
Essay Questions
▪ What is the purpose of intelligence testing? In your answer, be sure to address the numerous
skills that intelligence tests attempt to measure.
