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The AVOM: A model‐derived, age‐limited, and modality‐related test of intellectual functioning
Author(s) -
Wildman Robert W.,
L'Abate Luciano
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197907)16:3<408::aid-pits2310160318>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - psychology , test (biology) , borderline intellectual functioning , modality (human–computer interaction) , developmental psychology , psychometrics , standardized test , cognitive psychology , clinical psychology , cognition , mathematics education , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , paleontology , computer science , biology
The current status of intellectual assessment is reviewed. Traditional psychometric techniques are criticized for yielding only a single score that purports to measure the individual's intellectual ability. Such a unified score gives no indication of what specific deficit is present, nor does it suggest a strategy for remediation. The AVOM Test is presented as a potentially useful device. This experimental test measures performance in two input channels, auditory and visual, and two output channels, oral and manual. AVOM was administered to over 200 elementary school students. Scores increased with age, and the other results were supportive of the potential utility of the device.