Instructional Guide to the Woodcock Johnson Psycho Educational Battery Revises

by Mather, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780884221081
• ISBN10: 0884221083
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-12-01
• Publisher: Clinical Psychology Pub Co

Summary

The intent of this comprehensive guide is to help examiners who use the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery Revised (WJ-R; Woodcock & Johnson, 1989) in school settings to translate these test results into meaningful information for program development. The guide is organized into several chapters. The first chapter presents a brief overview of the diagnostic/prescriptive process. The second chapter describes the WJ-R tests and clusters and the wide range of interpretive information available. Subsequent chapters directly address performance in the four curricular areas assessed by the WJ-R Tests of Achievement: reading, written language, knowledge and mathematics. The last chapter addresses the relationship between the WJ-R Tests of Cognitive Ability and the Tests of Achievement. Relevant research is presented, and specific modifications are suggested for students with low performance in a cognitive area.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xv
The Diagnostic/Prescriptive Process	1	(3)
Modifications and Compensations	1	(1)
Specific Teaching Methods	2	(1)
Academic Strengths	3	(1)
Specific Nonacademic Strengths	3	(1)
Affective and Environmental Factors	3	(1)
Overview of the Woodcock-Johnson and Psycho-Educational Battery---Revised	4	(27)
Test and Cluster Descriptions	4	(15)
WJ-R COG Theoretical Model	4	(1)
Cognitive Tests	4	(9)
Cognitive Clusters	13	(2)
Achievement Tests	15	(3)
Achievement Clusters	18	(1)
Interpretive Information	19	(5)
Error Analysis	19	(1)
Behavioral Observations	20	(3)
Test Scores	23	(1)
Profile Interpretation	24	(2)
Discrepancy Interpretation	26	(5)
Reading	31	(56)
Content of the Reading Tests	31	(3)
Determining Instructional Level	31	(3)
Chapter Organization	34	(1)
Basic Reading Skills	34	(31)
Error Analysis of Letter-Word Identification	35	(1)
Error Analysis of Word Attack	36	(2)
Additional Assessment of Basic Reading Skills	38	(2)
Instructional Compensations and Modifications	40	(2)
Instructional Strategies: Overview	42	(1)
Instructional Strategies for Whole-Word Recognition	43	(6)
Instructional Strategies for Phonological Word Analysis	49	(9)
Instructional Strategies for Reading Fluency	58	(7)
Conclusion	65	(1)
Reading Comprehension	65	(22)
Error Analysis of Reading Vocabulary	66	(1)
Error Analysis of Passage Comprehension	67	(2)
Additional Assessment of Reading Comprehension Skills	69	(3)
Instructional Modifications	72	(1)
Instructional Strategies for Reading Vocabulary	72	(2)
Instructional Strategies for Reading Comprehension	74	(12)
Conclusion	86	(1)
Written Language	87	(79)
Content of the Writing Tests	87	(1)
Determining Instructional Level	87	(1)
Chapter Organization	88	(1)
Handwriting	89	(20)
Error Analysis of Handwriting	90	(1)
Additional Assessment of Handwriting Skills	90	(5)
Instructional Modifications	95	(1)
Instructional Sequence	95	(4)
Instructional Styles	99	(1)
Instructional Strategies for Handwriting	100	(8)
Conclusion	108	(1)
Basic Writing Skills	109	(1)
Spelling	109	(22)
Error Analysis of Spelling	109	(7)
Additional Assessment of Spelling Skills	116	(1)
Instructional Modifications	117	(5)
Research Results and Learning Principles	122	(3)
Word Study Methods with a Visual Emphasis	125	(4)
Word Study Methods with an Auditory Emphasis	129	(1)
Word Study Strategies	130	(1)
Conclusion	131	(1)
Proofreading	131	(10)
Error Analysis of Proofing	131	(1)
Additional Assessment of Proofreading Skills	132	(1)
Instructional Modifications	133	(1)
Instructional Strategies for Proofreading	133	(7)
Conclusion	140	(1)
Written Expression	141	(1)
Writing Fluency	141	(8)
Error Analysis of Writing Fluency	141	(4)
Additional Assessment of Writing Fluency	145	(1)
Instructional Modifications	145	(1)
Instructional Strategies for Writing Fluency	145	(4)
Conclusion	149	(1)
Writing Samples	149	(8)
Error Analysis of Writing Samples	149	(3)
Additional Assessment of Written Expression Skills	152	(5)
Instructional Modifications	157	(1)
Writing Instruction	157	(8)
Instructional Strategies for Written Expression	158	(7)
Conclusion	165	(1)
Knowledge	166	(18)
Content of the Knowledge Tests	166	(18)
Error Analysis of the Knowledge Tests	166	(4)
Additional Assessment of Content Area Skills	170	(3)
Instructional Modifications and Strategies for Content Areas	173	(6)
Content Area Study Skills	179	(4)
Conclusion	183	(1)
Mathematics	184	(40)
Content of the Mathematics Tests	184	(1)
Determining Instructional Level	184	(1)
Chapter Organization	185	(1)
Basic Math Skills	185	(24)
Error Analysis of Quantitative Concepts	185	(2)
Error Analysis of Calculation	187	(7)
Additional Assessment of Basic Math Skills	194	(4)
Instructional Modifications	198	(4)
Instructional Principles and Strategies for Basic Math Skills	202	(5)
Supplementary Strategies for Addition Facts	207	(1)
Supplementary Strategies for Multiplication Facts	207	(2)
Flexible Problem Solving	209	(1)
Conclusion	209	(1)
Mathematics Reasoning	209	(15)
Error Analysis of Applied Problems	209	(3)
Performance in the Instructional Setting	212	(3)
Additional Assessment of Problem-Solving Skills	215	(2)
Instructional Modifications	217	(1)
Instructional Strategies for Mathematics Reasoning	218	(4)
Life-Skill Mathematics	222	(1)
Conclusion	223	(1)
Cognitive Abilities: Implications for Achievement	224	(27)
Cognitive Factors	225	(22)
Level of Processing	225	(1)
Long-Term Retrieval	225	(2)
Short-Term Memory	227	(3)
Processing Speed	230	(2)
Auditory Processing	232	(4)
Visual Processing	236	(1)
Comprehension-Knowledge	237	(2)
Fluid Reasoning	239	(1)
Quantitative Ability	240	(1)
Oral Language	240	(7)
Additional Considerations	247	(3)
Attention	247	(1)
Predicting Achievement	248	(2)
Conclusion	250	(1)
Appendix: Sample Psychoeducational Reports	251	(36)
References	287	(14)
Index	301