learning difficulties‚ students with special needs or giftedness (Shum‚ D.‚ O’Gorman‚ J.‚ & Myors‚ B. 2008). Formative assessment is a self-reflective process that intends to promote student attainment. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) is an individually administered
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by adjusted R 2 ‚ children’s online communication‚ years of home Internet access‚ and online learning (as reported by parents) accounted for ap proximately 29% of the varia tion in children’s level of expressive language as measured by the WISC-IV vocabulary subtest. Online learning and communicating (reported- unreported) combined to explain 13.5% of the variation in children’s metacognitive planning. Online learning and playing (reported-unreported) combined to explain 10.9% of the variation
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Ethical Issues in Counseling Practice Ethical decision-making is an evolutionary process that requires you to be continually open and self-critical. Recognizing the potential for countertransference: what are your own needs? Do you have areas of unfinished business? Are there potential personal conflicts that would interfere with helping the client? Do you recognize your own areas of prejudice and vulnerabilities? Counselor impairment often leads to countertransference. The more common
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Meaning and Nature of Psychological Test A psychological test is an instrument that indicates how much a participant has of the quality the test measures. A test can be defined as a standardized procedure for sampling behavior and describing it with categories or scores. Psychological testing was originally designed for two purposes: to measure intelligence and to detect personality disorders. Over time‚ psychological testing has expanded to measure diverse concepts. Psychological tests are
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Gifted and Talented Education in the United States Abstract The purpose of this research is to find the best way for selecting and teaching gifted children for Gifted and Talented Education Programs in the United States. It explores who exactly are defined as "gifted students" and what their characteristics are like compared to regular students. Then it explains main ways of selecting and teaching them and listing pros and cons of each method. Finally it concludes that in order for Gifted and
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Learning Disability The federal regulations on defining a specific learning disability means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes that are used to communicate language‚ spoken‚ or written and may affect the imperfect ability to listen‚ think‚ speak‚ read‚ write‚ spell‚ or to perform mathematical calculations‚ including conditions such as perceptual disabilities‚ brain injury‚ minimal brain dysfunction‚ dyslexia‚ and developmental aphasia. Specific learning disability does
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Learning Disabilities 1 Children and Learning Disabilities Child/Adolescent Development PSY3520 South University Online Scott Walker Learning Disabilities 2 Children that are dealing with learning disabilities have a difficult road ahead of them. If the disability is neglected or overlooked for too long‚ the probability of the child falling behind in school as well as social aspects in their life is very high. However
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Assignment 4 Wills‚ Trusts & Estates In a stunning turns of events‚ Batman gave up crime fighting to start mass producing Batmobiles for GM in Michigan. Batman did this for many years. This was a disappointment to crime fighters everywhere. Batman‚ 70 years old‚ Married Catwoman‚ 35 years old‚ & they lived happily for many years. But when he was 77 years old Batman’s mind started to slip‚ often finding himself unaware of his surroundings. A few weeks after the onset of these symptoms‚ His wife
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scores fall under the Clinically Significant range. Other sections of concern are in Sarina’s social and study skills. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fifth Edition (WISC-V) was administered in order to obtain an estimate of Sarina’s current level of cognitive functioning. The information collected from the WISC-V suggests that‚ Sarina is facing any cognitive and memory difficulties. Therefore‚ the evaluator believes that these results truly reflect Sarina’s general intellectual ability
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Vocabulary‚ Block Design‚ and Similarities had the same qualities as the one in WISC-III. To illustrate‚ the vocabulary subtest of the study involved the the child defining words that were given to him such as animals‚ objects‚ or places. The Block Design subtest consisted of asking the child to try to construct with blocks the same
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