aptitude testing
1Тестирование способностей (aptitude testing) — В широком смысле под тестом способностей понимается любой психометрический инструмент, использующийся с целью предсказания того, на что «годен» (способен) конкретный чел. Средства измерения достижений, специальных способностей, интересов, черт… …
2Aptitude — An aptitude is an innate, acquired or learned or developed component of a competency ( being the others: knowledge, understanding and attitude ) to do a certain kind of work at a certain level. Aptitudes may be physical or mental. The innate… …
3Тестирование пригодности к конторскому труду (clerical aptitude testing) — Стандарт для Т. п. к. т. был установлен опубликованным в 1931 г. Миннесотским профессиональным тестом для конторских работников (Minnesota Vocational Test for Clerical Workers). Каждый его пункт состоит из пары идентичных или просто похожих… …
4aptitude test — any of various tests given to measure abilities, as manual dexterity, visual acuity, reasoning, or verbal comprehension, and used to assist in the selection of a career. [1920 25] * * * ▪ psychology examination that attempts to determine… …
5aptitude test — A type of selection test intended to assess a candidate s promise, trainability, and potential rather than testing previously acquired competence. An intelligence test is often used as a measure of aptitude …
6psychological testing — Use of tests to measure skill, knowledge, intelligence, capacities, or aptitudes and to make predictions about performance. Best known is the IQ test; other tests include achievement tests designed to evaluate a student s grade or performance… …
7Modern Language Aptitude Test — The Modern Language Aptitude Test was designed to predict a student’s likelihood of success and ease in learning a foreign language. The Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) was developed to measure foreign language learning aptitude. Language… …
8Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery — The Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery is an assessment developed to predict student success in foreign language learning, or language learning aptitude, and for diagnosing language learning disabilities. The Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery… …
9Language learning aptitude — According to John B. Carroll and Stanley Sapon, the authors of the Modern Language Aptitude Test, the term language learning aptitude refers to the “prediction of how well, relative to other individuals, an individual can learn a foreign language …
10Does Testing Deserve a Passing Grade? — ▪ 2002 Introduction Charles D. Claiborn High Stakes Testing. As the term suggests, high stakes testing is the use of educational and psychological tests to make decisions of often considerable consequence to individuals and institutions.… …
