Cognitive Assessment

Catalog description

After exploring some of the basic theoretical and psychometric issues surrounding the “intelligence” construct, the course will examine the evaluation of intelligence and other cognitive functions based in cultural and linguistic aspects, and diverse students’ population. Through this course and its concurrent Cognitive Assessment Practicum the student will acquire the necessary skills to administer, scoring, and interpret cognitive tests and other psychometric instruments for data-based decision-making in an ethical and competent manner. The course will also concentrate on the scientific method of hypothesis generation, on the type of inferences that may be drawn from these tests and on the different models of data interpretation available through the scientific psychometric literature. Pre-requisite(s): SCP 6250