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John Wiley & Sons Inc Tackling Dyslexia
Book SynopsisThis book describes an approach to teaching which is designed to take account not only of the problems encountered by children with dyslexia when learning to read, spell and write, but also of the nature of the task that the dyslexic child is trying to master. This second edition has been revised and expanded to include new approaches to the teaching of phonics, recent ideas about developing reading skills, the revised National Curriculum and the Code of Practice, and new developments in IT and software for teaching. There are completely new chapters covering early recognition, helping younger children, and difficulties with mathematics; and the sections on testing and monitoring work and on materials and games for teaching have also been expanded to form individual chapters.Table of ContentsPreface. 1 The Dyslexia Difficulty and The Literacy Task. 2 The phonological Approach. 3 Testing and Monitoring Work. 4 Approaches and Procedures for Teaching. 5 Teaching The Dyslexic Pupil in Key Stage 1. 6 Teaching Phonic work at Different Stages. 7 What Goes Into a Lesson?. 8 Reading. 9 Numeracy and mathematics. 10 Into The Classroom. 11 Handwriting. 12 Special Topics. 13 Computer technology in Lessons With Dyslexic Children. 14 Using Visual and Multisensory aids, Games and Other Materials. Appendix I Talking to Parents. Appendix II programmes, Resources and Books for Teaching. Appendix III Estimating The readability of Books. Appendix IV Further Reading and Reference Addresses. Appendix V Checklists. Appendix VI The National Literacy Strategy and The ' literacy Hour'. Appendix VII Notes and References. Index.
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Wits University Press Psychological Assessment in South Africa:
Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview of the research related to psychological assessment across South Africa. The thirty-six chapters provide a combination of psychometric theory and practical assessment applications in order to combine the currently disparate research that has been conducted locally in this field. Existing South African texts on psychological assessment are predominantly academic textbooks that explain psychometric theory and provide brief descriptions of a few testing instruments.Psychological Assessment in South Africa provides in-depth coverage of a range of areas within the broad field of psychological assessment, including research conducted with various psychological instruments. The chapters critically interrogate the current Eurocentric and Western cultural hegemonic practices that dominate the field of psychological assessment.The book therefore has the potential to function both as an academic text for graduate students, as well as a specialist resource for professionals, including psychologists, psychometrists, remedial teachers and human resource practitioners.Trade ReviewCognitive tests: Conceptual and practical applications. Personality and projective tests: conceptual and practical applications. Assessment approaches and methodologies.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Contextualising psychological assessment in South Africa - S Laher and K Cockcroft Section One: Cognitive tests: conceptual and practical applications Chapter 2 WAIS-III test performance in the South African context: extension of a prior cross-cultural normative database - AB Shuttleworth-Edwards, E Gaylard and SE Radloff Chapter 3 WISC-IV test performance in the South African context: a collation of cross-cultural norms - AB Shuttleworth-Edwards, AS van der Merwe, P van Tonder and SE Radloff Chapter 4 The Senior South African Individual Scales – Revised: a review - K Cockcroft Chapter 5 Assessing school readiness using the Junior South African Individual Scales: a pathway to resilience - LC Theron Chapter 6 School readiness assessment in South Africa - Z Amod and D Heafield Chapter 7 The Kaufman Assessment Battery in South Africa - K Greenop, J Rice and D de Sousa Chapter 8 The Das-Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System - Z Amod Chapter 9 Dynamic assessment in South Africa - Z. Amod and J Seabi Chapter 10 The Learning Potential Computerised Adaptive Test in South Africa - M de Beer Chapter 11 APIL and TRAM learning potential assessment instruments - T Taylor Chapter 12 The Griffiths Mental Development Scales: an overview and a consideration of their relevance for South Africa - L Jacklin and K Cockcroft Chapter 13 Neuropsychological assessment in South Africa - M Lucas Section Two: Personality and projective tests: conceptual and practical applications Chapter 14 The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire in South Africa - R van Eeden, N Taylor and CH Prinsloo Chapter 15 Using the Fifteen Factor Questionnaire Plus in South Africa - N Tredoux Chapter 16 The Basic Traits Inventory - N Taylor and G P de Bruin Chapter 17 The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® in South Africa - K Knott, N Taylor, Y Oosthuizen and F Bhabha Chapter 18 The NEO-PI-R in South Africa - S Laher Chapter 19 Using the Occupational Personality Profile in South Africa - N Tredoux Chapter 20 The Occupational Personality Questionnaire - T Joubert and N Venter Chapter 21 The Millon Inventories in South Africa - R Patel and S Laher Chapter 22 Assessment and monitoring of symptoms in the treatment of psychological problems - C Young and D Edwards Chapter 23 Assessment in routine clinical and counselling settings - D Edwards and C Young Chapter 24 Projective assessment of adults and children in South Africa - K Bain, Z Amod and R Gericke Chapter 25 The use of the Children’s Apperception Test and Thematic Apperception Test in South Africa - R Gericke, K Bain and Z Amod Chapter 26 Projective assessment using the Draw-A-Person Test and Kinetic Family Drawing in South Africa - Z Amod, R Gericke and K Bain Chapter 27 The Rorschach in South Africa - M Brink Section Three: Assessment approaches and methodologies Chapter 28 Ethical perspectives in assessment - N Coetzee Chapter 29 Using computerised and internet-based testing in South Africa - N Tredoux Chapter 30 The ImPACT neurocognitive screening test: a survey of South African research including current and projected applications - AB Shuttleworth-Edwards, VJ Whitefield-Alexander and SE Radloff Chapter 31 A family consultation model of child assessment - Z Amod Chapter 32 Qualitative career assessment in South Africa - M Watson and M McMahon Chapter 33 Psychological assessment and workplace transformation in South Africa: a review of the research literature - K Milner, F Donald and A Thatcher Chapter 34 Assessment of prior learning: a South African perspective - R Osman Chapter 35 Large-scale assessment studies in South Africa: trends in reporting results to schools - A Kanjee Chapter 36 Current and future trends in psychological assessment in South Africa: challenges and opportunities - S Laher and K Cockcroft
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Psychological Assessment of Dyslexia
Book SynopsisThis book provides a refreshingly rational guide to the many issues involved in psychological assessment, taking dyslexia to be a remedial cognitive deficit. The author reviews the major tests in use for children and adults, while keeping the scientific purpose for their use firmly in view. Written primarily for assessment professionals, the book will appeal to parents and specialist teachers and all those with an interest in fair and objective methods for dealing with dyslexia.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 The Concert of Abilities. Chapter 3 Describing Individual Variation. Chapter 4 Detecting Cognitive Anomaly. Chapter 5 Charting Individual Attainment. Chapter 6 Structures for Reporting. Chapter 7 Recommendations for Specialist Teaching. Chapter 8 Analysis of a Casework Sample. Chapter 9 Testing for Teachers. Chapter 10 Assessment of the Younger Child. Chapter 11 Assessment of the Dyslexic Adult. Chapter 12 Severity: The Case for Resources. Appendix 1: Key to Abbreviations for Tests Used. Appendix 2: A Select Bibliography of Literature on Direct Instruction. Appendix 3: Table of Normal Distribution Values. Some of the Rare Literature that Objectively Evaluates the Effectiveness of Teaching, Specialist of Otherwise. References. Index.
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Springer International Publishing AG Avoiding Questionable Research Practices in
Book SynopsisThis authoritative volume presents a detailed analysis of the replication crisis and the use of questionable research practices (QRPs) in psychology, as well as recommended practices for combatting these problems. Ultimately, the book aims to provide a comprehensive, current, and accessible account of the adverse effects of QRPs.The replication crisis in psychology and allied fields has exposed critical flaws in the standard views of research methods, which allow for extensive flexibility in data analysis by investigators and permit the widespread use of QRPs. Chapters examine the intentional use of QRPs such as data fabrication and falsification, along with subtler, unintentional practices such as p-hacking and HARKING (hypothesizing after results are known). Drawing on the growing awareness of these problems, contributors also highlight potential strategies to detect QRPs and minimize their negative impact through open data practices, preregistration of hypotheses and analyses, and adversarial collaborations, in which investigators holding opposing positions on a scientific issue agree to work together on a study in an effort to counteract their respective biases. Among the topics covered: History of controversies in statistics and replication Embracing intellectual humility while designing research Confirmatory vs. exploratory analyses Publication bias and negative results Promoting honest and transparent report writing Avoiding Questionable Research Practices in Applied Psychology provides a deeper understanding of how QRPs impede the reliability and trustworthiness of findings in psychology and the social sciences. It will be a practical, useful resource for students and instructors in graduate and advanced undergraduate level research methods classes, along with psychological researchers interested in improving their own research. Table of Contents1. What are Questionable Research Practices?.- 2. The Logic of Research and Questionable Research Methods.- 3. Heuristics and Biases, Intellectual Humility, and Research Design.- 4. History of Replication Failures in Psychology.- 5. P Hacking.- 6. Methods of Detecting QRPs, Such as p curve Analysis.- 7. Controversies Regarding Null Hypothesis Testing.- 8. HARKING and Confirmatory vs. Exploratory Analyses.- 9. History of Statistical Controversies.- 10. Publication Bias and Negative Results.- 11. Power Analysis and Underpowered Studies.- 12. Controversies in Single Subject Designs.- 13. Ignoring Problematic Psychometrics.- 14. Honest and Transparent Report Writing.- 15. Effect Size Measurement.- 16. Pre-registration Models.- 17. Adversarial Research.- 18. Open Data.- 19. Replication Project.- 20. Summary: Designing, Conducting, and Reporting Research.
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Springer International Publishing AG Person-Centered Outcome Metrology: Principles and
Book SynopsisThis unique collection of chapters from world experts on person-centered outcome (PCO) measures addresses the following critical questions: Can individual experiences be represented in measurements that do not reduce unique differences to meaningless uniformity? How person-centric are PCO measures? Are PCO measurements capable of delivering the kind of quality assured quantification required for high-stakes decision making? Are PCO measures likely to support improved health care delivery? Have pivotal clinical studies failed to deliver treatments for diseases because of shortcomings in the PCO measures used? Are these shortcomings primarily matters of precision and meaningfulness? Or is the lack of common languages for communicating outcomes also debilitating to quality improvement, research, and the health care economy? Three key issues form an urgent basis for further investigation. First, the numbers generated by PCO measures are increasingly used as the central dependent variables upon which high stakes decisions are made. The rising profile of PCO measures places new demands for higher quality information from scale and test construction, evaluation, selection, and interpretation. Second, PCO measurement science has well-established lessons to be learned from those who have built and established the science over many decades. Finally, the goal in making a PCO measurement is to inform outcome management. As such, it is vitally important that key stakeholders understand that, over the last half century, developments in psychometrics have refocused measurement on illuminating clinically important individual differences in the context of widely reproduced patterns of variation in health and functioning, comparable scale values for quality improvement, and practical explanatory models.This book’s audience includes anyone interested in person-centered care, including healthcare researchers and practitioners, policy makers, pharmaceutical industry representatives, clinicians, patient advocates, and metrologists.This is an open access book.Table of ContentsI. Policyi. Regulatorsiii. Patient Engagementiv. Legalv. SustainabilityII. Practicei. Bridging legacy instrumentsii. QPROMSiii. PROMiv. Visual Functioning daily activities item bankv. Neuromuscular disease clinical trialsIII. Methods/Methodologyi. Qualitative - patientsii. Qualitative - cliniciansiii. Psychometric analysis – Rasch Modeliv. Mixed methodsv. Construct Specification EquationsIV. Theory/History/Philosophyi. A history of social measurementii. A history of clinical outcomesiii. Validityiv. Rasch Measurement Theoryv. Linking social measurement to person centered outcome metrology
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Springer International Publishing AG A Clinician’s Guide to Suicide Risk Assessment
Book SynopsisThis book offers mental health clinicians a comprehensive guide to assessing and managing suicide risk. Suicide has now come to be understood as a multidimensionally determined outcome, which stems from the complex interaction of biological, genetic, psychological, sociological and environmental factors. Based on recent evidence and an extensive literature review, the book provides straightforward, essential information that can easily be applied in a wide variety of disciplines. Table of ContentsPurpose and Background.- Understanding suicide and self-Harm.- The Content of Suicide Risk Assessment.- Suicide Risk Assessment Tool.- Management of Suicidal Patients.- Documentation and Communication.- Suicide Risk Assessment Quality Monitoring.- Appendix A-L.
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Springer Kriterienorientierte Inhaltsanalyse von
Book SynopsisIm Jahr 2014 nahmen Volbert und Steller eine Neuordnung der 19 Kriterien der Criteria-Based Content Analysis (CBCA) vor, welche die Kriterien anhand möglicher zugrundeliegender Prozesse in 1. Charakteristika episodischer autobiographischer Erinnerungen, 2. Schemaabweichungen und Schemairrelevanz indizierende Kriterien und 3. Mit strategischer Selbstpräsentation asssoziierte Kriterien gruppierte. Volbert und Steller formulierten hierzu die Annahme, dass Kriterien aus der 1. Gruppe grundsätzlich auch in konfabulierten Aussagen auftauchen sollten, während Kriterien der zweiten Gruppe von Falschaussagenden vermieden werden sollten. Die vorliegende Studie untersuchte anhand einer Simulationsstudie, inwiefern sich diese Annahmen bestätigen lassen und ob eine literaturbasierte Erfassung kriterienimmanenter Steigerungsformen der Aussagequalität die Validität der Kriterien aus Gruppe 1 möglicherweise verbessern kann. 248 Schüler*innen erlebten oder konfabulierten den Ablauf eines dyadischen Interaktionsspiels und wurden anschließend ausführlich dazu befragt. Die von Volbert und Steller (2014) formulierte Annahme einer überlegenen Validität von auf Schemaabweichungen basierenden Kriterien ließ sich dabei anhand einzelner Kriterien insgesamt bestätigen.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Theorie.- Studie 1.- Studie 2.- Allgemeine Diskussion.- Fazit und Ausblick.- Literaturverzeichnis.- Anhang.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Psychologische Diagnostik
Book SynopsisDieses Lehrbuch der Psychologischen Diagnostik bietet alles, was Studierende im Bachelor- und Masterstudium der Psychologie für die Prüfung wissen und Anwendende an diagnostischem Handwerkszeug beherrschen müssen. Ein Standardwerk für die Ausbildung psychologischer Diagnostiker/-innen!Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Grundlagen diagnostischer Verfahren.- Diagnostische Verfahren.- Durchführung einer diagnostischen Untersuchung und Gutachtenerstellung.- Diagnostische Strategien und Evaluation des Vorgehens.- Diagnostik in der Arbeits-, Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie.- Diagnostik in der Pädagogischen Psychologie.- Diagnostik in der Klinischen Psychologie und Psychotherapie.- Diagnostik in weiteren Anwendungsfeldern.
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Leiden University Press The E-Primer: An Introduction to Creating
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The Chinese University Press Cross-Cultural Application of the MMPI-2 and the
Book SynopsisThis casebook provides an overview of two increasingly related aspects of contemporary applied psychology: the exploration of computer-based psychological assessment strategies across cultures and the cross-cultural generalization of psychological constructs and procedures, particularly psychological assessment. In particular, the book is devoted to exploring the cultural generalizability in a Chinese context of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), and the use of the Minnesota Report for the MMPI-2, the most widely used computer-based MMPI-2 interpretive system. Clinical case examples highlight the cultural convergences and divergences in the use of the Chinese version of the MMPI-2 and the Minnesota Report.
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