One thing that stood out to me in this video was that IQ tests intend to measure peoples reasoning ability. Reasoning ability is not what I would first consider when I think of someone’s intelligence, but I now see the correlation between someone’s reasoning ability and their IQ level.  

How can we use intelligence tests video:

One thing that stood out to me in the second video was how the IQ test scores can help identify a students areas of cognitive strength and struggle which may then determine their learning preferences and how they access their knowledge. I never knew that an IQ tests could help a teacher determine what accommodations or strategies may help an individual student, I just though it was for an overall view on the students academic potential. 

The difference between the discrepancy model and RTI video:

One thing that stood out to me in the last video was how cognitive tests can help determine special education placement. To determine if a students may have an intellectual disability (ID) their current intellectual functioning must be low across the board and more than two standard deviations below the mean. If a student just has low current intellectual functioning in one or two specific content areas, but is average or high in other content areas, then they do not qualify for ID, and may need to complete further testing to see if they qualify for special education services. 

Video two ( Dr. Liz Leggiadro) : My ah-ha from her video was that I thought it was interesting how she talks about pulling out composite scores seeing how those translate into a classroom. I also really liked how she mentioned that with the accommodations there are also strategies that they put in place in order to make sure the student is feeling more confident in their work 

Video three ( Dr. Guthmiller) : My ah-ha moment from this video was there regarding IQ and how those are scores, there are many different variables that come into play when being tested. And that there are many different tests that are available for kids. Also I thought it was interesting how he mentioned that verbal  skills isn’t necessarily mean talking, this can include using words in a written form.

Dr. Liz Leggiadro: My biggest take away from this video is how the results from the tests. The composite scores were used to help show how it can affect them in a classroom setting and what needed accommodation or materials could be needed. It was interesting to see the scores translated into a school setting and seeing them connect.

Dr. Guthmiller: My biggest take away from this video is the how important the data is in education. There are many different tests that can be used for children and it was interesting to see them in play and how much of a role it played into their education. 

Dr. Liz – This one was really helpful to me because I was able to understand what each score meant and what the overall picture being painted was. It was an aha to realize that these scores are just as, if not more important, standing alone rather than as a composite score. 

Dr. Guthmiller – The aha moment of this video was when they discussed the “definition” of intelligence. There is not one singular definition, and everyone has their own interpretation of what intelligence means. As someone who’s going into Audiology, my definition of intelligence is going to look a lot different than one who is a teacher, in a number of ways, most likely. 

In this video one ah-ha moment I had was that IQ tests were all novel tasks. I hadn’t realized that IQ tests were meant to test a student on tasks they’ve never done, but instead tell the student how to do the task and have the student apply reasoning to complete the tasks. Somehow, I never quite understood this point, and hearing about it now, it makes much more sense why we might use an IQ test.

Video 2:

In this video my ah-ha moment had to do with how they looked at students’ scores on cognitive testing and identified the area of cognitive strength and struggle, thought about how those areas might translate into the classroom, and then started looking at accommodations to provide access to learning. It was interesting to hear an explicit connection between the cognitive test scores and the process they go through when using that data to support the student.

Video 3:

My ah-ha moment in this video was when Dr. Guthmiller said that our ability to learn is somewhat subject contingent, such as students may be in a high math group while also being in a low reading group. I found this interesting as he notes that when students do well in some areas and struggle in others and educators think there may be a learning disability, it is not as clear if intelligence plays a part in the students' struggle.

Laura: I was actually not aware there were so many different intelligence tests including different tests for verbal and non verbal. For some reason I kind of thought this was a one side fits all test but I’m glad to know it is not! 

Liz: I like when liz was talking about how these tests are used she said this is not a stand alone assessment where we are going to base all accommodations and decisions on one test, instead we are going to use this one test along with multiple other components to make a fully educated decision. I thought this was a really great way of looking at assessments of intelligence and assessments in special education as a whole 

Dr. Guthmiller: my biggest takeaway form this video was how positive he made the assessments look because he talked about all the different tests students could take and how they could all be used differently to determine if the student is struggling with something specific or struggling across the board. I like this idea a lot because I think it would be helpful to know something like if the student has test anxiety or is struggling in math or if they have a more complex across the board issue like an intellectual disability. 

My ah-ha from this video was the purpose of the IQ test. The purpose of the IQ test is to assess how a student will process information. The information/results from the test then will help us understand how well a student learns new information. Before this video, I never understood the purpose of the IQ test and the only thing I knew about it was how the IQ test was used for GT students.

My ah-ha for this video was how we can use our student´s composite scores in our classroom because the information can help educators understand how we can better challenge our students in classroom content and activities/tasks. If we know that a student is bored in class because they have mastered the concept, we can give them more activities that will challenge them as thinkers and learners based on the information from the intelligence test.

My ah-ha for this video was how intelligence comes in other forms. Before coming to college, I believed that there was only one way to be intelligent, but through other classes and this interview, I was able to fully comprehend that our students will be intelligent in different ways and there is more than one way to assess it. I also found this as an ah-ha because this is information that we can teach our students starting in elementary school. This idea of multiple intelligences is important to teach our students because it helps students learn how to appreciate their own skills and knowledge as well as their peers skills and knowledge.