LEARNING PATH:
Why am I here? Polling Activity. At the start of each chapter, students complete a short activity written specifically to get them engaged in the material prior to the reading. The polling questions get students to begin thinking in a meaningful way about the real-life uses of the concepts and issues they will cover in the chapter.
Chapter Reading. The full text is available through the dynamic MindTap Reader, allowing students an enhanced reading experience with notes and highlights that feed directly to custom study guides in the StudyHub MindApp.
Chapter Quiz. Multiple-choice questions are provided for each chapter that allow students to measure their understanding and progress. These questions are aligned to discipline standards and detailed reporting is provided for the course outcomes by standard.
Video Activity. Students view professional interviews and archival news footage as they progress through the course. Each videos asks students to answer embedded questions as they watch each video, in order to understand the broader social context to the chapter content.
Practice Activity. Students will answer a series of multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and matching questions aimed at getting them to think critically about key concepts discussed within each chapter.
Case Study. Additional case studies give students the opportunity to read about more real-life situations and practice the sort of critical thinking skills needed to succeed in a challenging field.
Helper Studio. This video-based activity puts students directly in the role of helping professional. Students respond to clients with recorded video responses that demonstrate important skills and confidence necessary for success in the profession.
Reflection Activity. At the conclusion of each chapter’s content, students are asked to apply concepts directly to their life and future career in the helping professions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
SECTION I: UNDERSTANDING THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS: HISTORY,
ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES, DIAGNOSIS, AND THE ASSESSMENT REPORT.
1. History of Testing and Assessment.
2. Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Assessment – Updated.
3. Diagnosis in the Assessment Process.
4. The Assessment Report Process: Interviewing the Client and Writing the Report.
SECTION II: TEST WORTHINESS AND TEST STATISTICS.
5. Test Worthiness: Validity, Reliability, Cross-Cultural Fairness, and Practicality.
6. Statistical Concepts: Making Meaning Out of Raw Scores.
7. Statistical Concepts: Creating New Scores to Interpret Test Data.
SECTION III: COMMONLY USED ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES.
8. Assessment of Educational Ability: Survey Battery, Diagnostic, Readiness, and Cognitive Ability Tests – Updated.
9. Intellectual and Cognitive Functioning: Intelligence Testing and
Neuropsychological Assessment – Updated.
10. Career and Occupational Assessment: Interest Inventories, Multiple Aptitude, and Special Aptitude Tests – Updated.
11. Clinical Assessment: Objective and Projective Personality Tests – Updated.
12. Informal Assessment: Observation, Rating Scales, Classification Methods, Environmental Assessment, Records and Personal Documents, and Performance-Based Assessment.
