Testing for Intelligence

Testing for Intelligence

            The most effective way to measure the minds of children is by the child’s ability to create, invent and through ethical thinking. Schools all over the country use standardized testing. It was first establish in France. The standardized test was revised in the United States to identify academic achievement in children, but the evident is not measure in all areas of the child’s ability, therefore scholars are debating the standardized testing. However, this test is a good tool to assess other areas in a child’s academic achievement. Let’s remember children not only learn from what the teachers are teaching, but they are learning from their environment which makes an impact on their test scores.  

            Vygostsky and Piaget’s theory of evaluating children intelligence is with in context of self-discovery and cultural domains. For example: A student from Brazil, who sells items for a profit, may have a higher test score in the math domain area. (Rogoff et al., 2005). He states that another concepts of student learning is the children from the northern part of Indian, who have an extraordinary sense of spatial orientation because as a child they experiment being blindfold and turn around to face different directions (Mishra et al., 2009). These children have an excellent sense of direction.

            I believe that cultural has an impact on how children learn and the standardized test should only be considered as part of the measuring tool to determine children’s intelligence. Some children may have test fright, meaning they may not do well on a test, but in reality the child may knows the material. Therefore, children are

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