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