Re: Assignment #3 -- Life-span Human Development

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Subject: Re: Assignment #3

Author:
Nelson Moore

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Date Posted: 14:35:41 06/22/10 Tue
In reply to: Dr. M-J 's message, "Assignment #3" on 12:17:50 06/19/10 Sat

IQ tests can be a useful tool in helping educators and counselors gather data about the people with whom they are working. These tests, however, do have limitations and should be considered as one piece of data to be used. It's not completely trustworthy for many reasons: cultural factors (test takers and those who design the test), a proper testing environment, test takers physical or emotional condition at the time of the test. So they are okay to use, but we should be careful to not put too much faith in them.

I was not really surprised by the results of my tests. For the most part, I scored well on one and less well on another but it's what I expected from both. Having said that, I don't feel it really makes in defining assessments of me or my aptitude. Perhaps I do not understand the process well enough. It could point someone in the right direction were I under the direction of a counselor or educator and perhaps provide valuable insight. Still as a culture, I feel we place too much emphasis on testing of all sorts. It springs from a need to quantify everything but frankly, our knowledge of how human intelligence works is still basic. At least the theories of multiple intelligences are moving us away from these types of assessments and encourage a more holistic view of how intelligence(s) can be quantified.
>Assignment 3 (Intelligence):
>
>Prior to going to the following websites, write down
>your opinion of IQ testing and you believe your IQ to
>be. Take the designmated tests for
>1) Classical IQ test:
>
><a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.queendom.com/tests/iq/classical_iq_r2_access">http://www.queendom.com/tests/iq/classical_iq_r2_access</a>
>.html
>2) Culture-fair IQ test:
>
><a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idR">http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idR</a>
>egTest=1112
>2) Emotional intelligence:
>
><a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.queendom.com/tests/iq/emotional_iq_r2_access">http://www.queendom.com/tests/iq/emotional_iq_r2_access</a>
>.html
>
>Post to the discussion board your opinion of IQ tests,
>both prior to and after taking the above tests. Did
>it change during the course of taking the tests? How
>accurate did you find the tests? How were the results
>useful to you? What parts of the tests were most
>challenging for you? (The posting of your scores on
>these tests is not required.)

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Re: Assignment #3	Juliana Hopkins	20:14:39 06/22/10 Tue