Product Key Features
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEssentials of Testing and Assessment : A Practical Guide for Counselors, Social Workers, and Psychologists, Enhanced
Publication Year2019
SubjectAssessment, Testing & Measurement, Psychotherapy / Counseling, Nursing / General, Counseling / General, Research & Methodology, Testing & Measurement, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaEducation, Psychology, Medical
AuthorEdward S. Neukrug, R. Charles Fawcett
SeriesMindtap Course List Ser.
Additional Product Features
Edition Number3
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2015-451504
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"This text really lives up to its title as it truly serves as a practical testing and assessment guide for counselor, social worker, and psychologists. " - Laurie Carlson, Colorado State University, "This is a comprehensive and easy to read text that introduces professional readers to the concepts and applications of assessment and texting. Case vignettes, samples of real tests, and additional activities and exercises increase the awareness, knowledge, skills, and cultural views surrounding testing and assessment." - David Carter, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Section I: UNDERSTANDING THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS: HISTORY, ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES, DIAGNOSIS, AND THE ASSESSMENT REPORT. 1. History of Testing and Assessment.2. Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Assessment.3. Diagnosis in the Assessment Process.4. The Assessment Report Process: Interviewing the Client and Writing the Report.Section II: TEST WORTHINESS AND TEST STATISTICS. 5. Test Worthiness: Validity, Reliability, Cross-Cultural Fairness, and Practicality.6. Statistical Concepts: Making Meaning Out of Raw Scores.7. Statistical Concepts: Creating New Scores to Interpret Test Data.Section III: COMMONLY USED ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES. 8. Assessment of Educational Ability: Survey Battery, Diagnostic, Readiness, and Cognitive Ability Tests.9. Intellectual and Cognitive Functioning: Intelligence Testing and Neuropsychological Assessment.10. Career and Occupational Assessment: Interest Inventories, Multiple Aptitude, and Special Aptitude Tests.11. Clinical Assessment: Objective and Projective Personality Tests.12. Informal Assessment: Observation, Rating Scales, Classification Methods, Environmental Assessments, Records and Personal Documents, and Performance-Based Assessment.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal150.287
Table Of ContentSection I: UNDERSTANDING THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS: HISTORY, ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES, DIAGNOSIS, AND THE ASSESSMENT REPORT. 1. History of Testing and Assessment.2. Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Assessment.3. Diagnosis in the Assessment Process.4. The Assessment Report Process: Interviewing the Client and Writing the Report.Section II: TEST WORTHINESS AND TEST STATISTICS. 5. Test Worthiness: Validity, Reliability, Cross-Cultural Fairness, and Practicality.6. Statistical Concepts: Making Meaning Out of Raw Scores.7. Statistical Concepts: Creating New Scores to Interpret Test Data.Section III: COMMONLY USED ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES. 8. Assessment of Educational Ability: Survey Battery, Diagnostic, Readiness, and Cognitive Ability Tests (Updated).9. Intellectual and Cognitive Functioning: Intelligence Testing and Neuropsychological Assessment (Updated).10. Career and Occupational Assessment: Interest Inventories, Multiple Aptitude, and Special Aptitude Tests (Updated).11. Clinical Assessment: Objective and Projective Personality Tests (Updated).12. Informal Assessment: Observation, Rating Scales, Classification Methods, Environmental Assessments, Records and Personal Documents, and Performance-Based Assessment.
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisComprehensive and easy to read, Neukrug and Fawcett's ESSENTIALS OF TESTING AND ASSESSMENT: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR COUNSELORS, SOICAL WORKERS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS, ENHANCED, 3rd Edition, introduces learners to the concepts and applications of assessment and testing. Case vignettes, samples of real tests, and additional activities and exercises increase understanding., Comprehensive and easy to read, Neukrug and Fawcett's ESSENTIALS OF TESTING AND ASSESSMENT: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS, 3rd Edition, introduces learners to the concepts and applications of assessment and testing. Case vignettes, samples of real tests, and additional activities and exercises increase understanding.
LC Classification NumberBF431