Assessment Aptitude Ch 10
ASVAB also contains in it a
90 item interest inventory based on Holland
ASVAB
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
CAPS
Career Ability Placement Survey - most common aptitude test used by counselors in private practice/school counselors
DAT
Differential Aptitude Test for Personnel and Career Assessment
CAPS is popular because
Shorter, 50 minutes
Aptitude defined as
an innate or acquired ability to be good at something
ACT
assess ability to complete college level work
Admission test concerns include
bias, test averages suggest equality, but first year performance suggests women achieve, men dont
Specialized Single Aptitude tests- Clerical Ability
calculations, checking, coding, filing, keyboarding, numerical ability, verbal reasoning; Minnesota Clerical Test
SAT
consists of 2 tests - reasoning/critical thinking & Subject tests- optional
DAT is designed to/for
measure a persons ability to learn and succeed - gr 7-12 takes 2.5 hours
Mechanical Ability- single aptitude test
mechanics, tools, home repairs, spatial reasoning Bennett Mechanical Comprehension Test
Admissions Tests focus
most assess some combination of verbal, quantitative, writing, and analytical reasoning skills or discipline specific
GATB (Gen Apt Tes Bat)
oldest, lends itself to large group; 12 subtests yielding 9 aptitude scores commonly used...
Aptitudes are about
one's potential capabilities
Abilities typically refers to
one's present day capabilities or the power to perform a specified task
Content of aptitude tests and achievement tests
overlap
Psychomotor ability
perform body motor movements with precision, coordination and strength.
Aptitude tests measures a persons
performance on selected task to predict how that person will perform in some future situation
Aptitude tests are used as
predictive tools
ASVAB is good because it has
very good norms, included ethnic minority groups, for recruitment purposes, includes some aptitudes and interest inventory. Standard scores- mean 50, SD 10...
Achievement tests are used to measure
what has been learned