Contemporary Intellectual Assessment, Second Edition

Contemporary Intellectual Assessment, Second Edition by

Now in a thoroughly revised and expanded second edition, this comprehensive work provides the most current information about theory and research on assessment of intellectual abilities and processes. Leading test authors, theorists, and scholars review the conceptual and research underpinnings of recent editions of intelligence tests, including the WISC-IV, KABC-II, SB5, and WJ III, and offer recommendations for interpretation. Highlights include new and fully revised chapters on assessment of special populations, including culturally and linguistically diverse individuals, preschoolers, and children with learning disabilities. Other new chapters describe cutting-edge interpretive approaches (e.g., nondiscriminatory and cross-battery methods) and current theories (e.g., CHC theory, Gardner's MI theory, Sternberg's triarchic theory of successful intelligence, Luria's theory of information processing); outline ways to link assessment to interventions; and address standards-based educational reform.

Truly an exceptional contributionThis volume should be a required text for all students of intellectual assessment....Contributors have been selected from the best and most highly respected scholars in the area of intelligence and cognition, and their well-written chapters seamlessly integrate theory and practice. If I were to purchase only one professional book for my library this year, it would be this essential work. - George W. Hynd, EdD, School of Education, Purdue University

The changes in the field of intellectual assessment since the advent of Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory have been rapid and profound, and an up-to-date guidebook is a must. This book will be invaluable for anyone teaching intellectual assessment at the graduate level, and will also be a useful overview for practitioners who completed their training before the recent revolutionary changes in intellectual assessment. - Catherine A. Fiorello, PhD, School Psychology Program, Temple University

With new and thoroughly revised chapters that address issues like LD identification and profile analysis, and populations like preschoolers, the gifted, and the culturally and linguistically diverse, the second edition of Contemporary Intellectual Assessment is a significant improvement over the already outstanding first edition....Destined to become the gold standard text for courses in intellectual assessment. - Edward M. Levinson, EdD, Department of Educational and School Psychology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

In the past decade, knowledge about intelligence and its assessment has moved at a rapid pace. Older theories are being reexamined with modern methods in cognitive psychology, neural science, and statistics, and new theories are vying to take their place. This excellent second edition provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the theory and practice of intellectual assessment-past, present, and future....It will be an invaluable resource for scholars, practitioners, and students new to the field. - John H. Kranzler, PhD, College of Education, University of Florida

'Finally there is a book that brings together the history of intellectual assessment, the contemporary theories of intelligence, and state-of-the-art information about the prac tice of intellectual assessment. This book is essential reading for psychologists of all sorts who are interested in intelligence... This is one of the best edited volumes I have ever encountered, and I have placed it on the most-important-books shelf of my personal, professional library.' -G. Michael Pressley

'Here in one location is a comprehensive set of the most impressive papers I've read on new ways of thinking about and measuring intelligence... Must reading for anyone engaged in the assessment of human cognitive abilities.' - James E. Ysseldyke, PhD

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ISBN 13	9781593851255
ISBN 10	1593851251
Title	Contemporary Intellectual Assessment, Second Edition
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Guilford Publications
Year published	2005-04-25
Number of pages	667
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