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EDMT5623: School Psychology 1
2020 unit information
This unit introduces the student to the principles of assessing children, with a specific focus on key cognitive assessment instruments and Sattler's multimodal approach to assessment, with particular emphasis placed on the critical evaluation of commonly used individually administered intelligence tests. The multiplicity of factors contributing to successful, ethical assessment work is emphasised. The principles of standardised testing and the application of competent, ethical, professional use of intelligence tests are taught using current tools such as the Woodcock-Johnson IV Test of Cognitive Abilities, Wechsler Scales and the Stanford Binet (5th Ed). The appropriateness of the assessment of specific groups such as young, and developmentally young children is critically evaluated. Supervised practice of key tests of intelligence is organised in class workshop sessions. Competency is expected in the administration and scoring of key cognitive instruments and in the writing of assessable reports.
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. confirm knowledge of the history of test development, particularly models and tests of intelligence
- LO2. understand and be critically evaluative about the context of contemporary intelligence tests
- LO3. have developed a critical understanding of test construction, including item analyses, norming, reliability and validity
- LO4. recognise the need for an adherence to standardised test administration, scoring and interpretation of results
- LO5. demonstrate a critically analytic understanding of current cognitive assessment instruments
- LO6. demonstrate knowledge of and administrative skills in administering and scoring assigned cognitive assessment instruments
- LO7. integrate test scores into a written report and be able to present the report and its contents appropriately to the child’s parents
- LO8. have a critical perspective on alternative forms of assessment including observation, checklists, interviews, criterion-based assessment
- LO9. have gained insights into the assessment process and the ethical and professional ramifications of assessment
- LO10. construct an appropriate assessment sequence using hypothesis testing for a variety of cases and demonstrate the effective use of suitable methods of assessment for diagnosis.
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Semester 1 2020
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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