Intelligence test for children

 

bennet simon test

Two psychologists: Alfred Bennett and Theodore Simon developed the first intelligence scale, and its goal was to help teachers determine the intelligence level of children, with the aim of looking for any academic problems they had, so each of them They built their test on the basis of practical knowledge, thinking skills, memory, vocabulary, and problem-solving methods, and the basic assumption was that all children follow the same path of intellectual development, except that this happens in varying proportions and and so on, giving children a mental age commensurate with their ability to perform tasks appropriate to this  A seven-year-old who manages to solve child-oriented problems by the age of ten is considered to have a mental age of 10, and through this test, a child with a mental age greater than his chronological age is considered more intelligent. . .  

     wechler intelligence scale for children

To measure children's intelligence, the Wechsler scale is used for children between the ages of 6 years, and the preschool scale is available for children between the ages of 4 and 6 and a half years, this scale is based on two types of tests, as well :

• Verbal tests: measure thinking ability, memory, and general knowledge in addition to language skills.

• Performance tests: measure problem-solving sequencing and spatial skills.

• The results of these tests show the presence of verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, as well as working memory and processing speed, and the test takes around 90 minutes to complete, and can be taken on paper or on a computer.  

     kaufman test

     The Kaufman test was designed to avoid cultural bias and is often used to measure intelligence in children ages 3 to 18 who are verbally inactive, have learning disabilities, or are unfamiliar with the dominant culture.   Youth groups are given seven tests and four scales are used to measure sequence, simultaneity, mental abilities, and performance. The duration of the test ranges from 25 minutes to 70 minutes.

     Test different skills

This test focuses on cognitive abilities to examine intelligence, measuring many abilities in various fields, such as inductive ability, verbal ability, and spatial relationships in children, and this test can be applied to children between the ages of two and seventeen years. .