Overview of the Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability Gloria Maccow, Ph.D., Assessment Training Consultant
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1 Overview of Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability (WNV) Gloria Maccow, Ph.D. Assessment Training Consultant 1. Overview Presentation Outline 2. Subtest Description 3. Administration and Scoring 4. Interpretation 5. Technical Properties 6. Conclusions 2 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 1
2 WNV Overview The WNV is a nonverbal measure of general ability. The subtests involve different demands do not contain verbal content (e.g., Vocabulary) do not require the examinee to speak use pictorial directions 3 Copyright All rights reserved. WNV was specifically created for: WNV Overview Individuals from diverse linguistic groups Individuals with limited language skills Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing Individuals with language disorders Identification of gifted children from linguistically and culturally diverse populations 4 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 2
3 WNV Overview Intended for fair assessment of culturally and linguistically diverse populations from many countries Standardized in the US and Canada Used for individuals ages 4:0 21:11 5 Copyright All rights reserved. WNV Overview Yields a Full Scale and subtest scores Uses an Innovative administration format Offers full (45 minute) and brief (20 minute) versions Includes software in every kit 6 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 3
4 WNV Overview The WNV can be administered to a wide variety of individuals making it ideal for students who speak a language other than English. Minimal adaptation needed for use in different countries or with individuals from different countries. Meets IDEA 2004 requirements for reliable and valid nondiscriminatory assessment. 7 Copyright All rights reserved. WNV Overview The WNV uses a new method for informing the examinee of the demands of the test Pictorial Directions. Examinees are shown a series of pictures that illustrate what they have to do. The Pictorial Directions include gestures by the examiner that draw the examinee s attention to the correspondence between the directions and the stimuli on the table. 8 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 4
5 WNV Overview Ages 4:00 7:11 4 Subtests Matrices Coding Object Assembly Recognition 2 Subtests Matrices Recognition Ages 8:0 21:11 4 Subtests Matrices Coding Spatial Span Picture Arrangement 2 Subtests Matrices Spatial Span 9 Copyright All rights reserved. Subtest Description Matrices (MA) Coding (CD) Examinee looks at incomplete figural matrix and selects missing portion from 4 or 5 response options. Examinee copies symbols paired with simple geometric shapes or numbers. Using a key, examinee draws each symbol in corresponding shape or box within specified time limit. 10 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 5
6 Subtest Description Object Assembly (OA) Recognition (RG) Examinee is presented with prearranged puzzle pieces and fits the pieces together to form a meaningful whole within a specified time limit. Examinee looks at geometric designs for three seconds and identifies which of four or five response options matches the viewed stimulus. 11 Copyright All rights reserved. Subtest Description Spatial Span (SSp) Picture Arrangement (PA) Examinee taps a series of blocks as demonstrated by the examiner. SSpForward: repeats sequence in same order. SSpBackward: repeats sequence in reverse order. Examinee reorders a prearranged set of picture cards to tell a logical story within a specified time limit. 12 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 6
7 Materials 13 Copyright All rights reserved. WNV Authors 14 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 7
8 WNV Subtests Administration: General Instructions 15 Copyright All rights reserved. Pre-administration instruction Instructions Subtest administration has three levels Pictorial directions Short verbal instructions Provided in 5 languages (plus English) Opportunity to provide help as needed 16 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 8
9 Before Starting Pre administration instruction Instructions Subtest administration has three levels Pictorial directions Short verbal instructions Provided in 5 languages Opportunity to provide help as needed 18 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 9
10 Matrices Administration 1. Place the coil-bound edge of the Stimulus Book toward the examinee. Turn to the pictorial directions for Matrices. 2. Slowly point to each frame of the pictorial directions from the examinee s left to right, briefly looking at the examinee as you point to each frame to be sure he or she is attending. 19 Copyright All rights reserved. Matrices Administration 3. Allow the examinee time to look at the pictorial directions (up to a minute if needed). 4. Point to the first frame of the pictorial directions, then point to the top of the stimulus page. 5. Point to the second frame of the pictorial directions, then slowly sweep your hand along the response options in numerical order. 20 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 10
11 Matrices Administration 6. Point to the third frame of the pictorial directions, point to the question mark in the matrix, slowly sweep your hand along the response options in numerical order, and then look at the examinee. 21 Copyright All rights reserved. Pre administration instruction Instructions Subtest administration has three levels Pictorial directions Short verbal instructions Provided in 5 languages (plus English) Opportunity to provide help as needed 22 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 11
12 Matrices Administration 7. If the examinee does not respond or appears confused, prompt by saying, Which one of these (sweep your hand along the response options in numerical order) goes here (point to the question mark)? Provide additional help until the examinee understands the task. 23 Copyright All rights reserved. Pre administration instruction Instructions Subtest administration has three levels Pictorial directions Short verbal instructions Provided in 5 languages (plus English) Opportunity to provide help as needed 24 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 12
13 Instructions Provide help instruction allows the examiner to interact with the examinee in any manner to ensure that the demands of the task are understood. This is not teaching how to do the task, but instead explaining what is required. 25 Copyright All rights reserved. WNV Subtests Subtest Administration 26 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 13
14 Materials Administration and Scoring Manual Stimulus Book Record Form Matrices 27 Copyright All rights reserved. Matrices 28 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 14
15 Matrices Adapted from the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT) Multiple color, without color-blindness issues 29 Copyright All rights reserved. Materials Administration and Scoring Manual Stimulus Book Record Form Response Booklet #2 Pencil Without Eraser Stopwatch Scoring Template Coding 30 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 15
16 Coding 120 seconds 31 Copyright All rights reserved. Coding - Scoring 32 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 16
17 Instructions Coding A & B For Sample Items and Test Items, say: Start here. Work as fast as you can without making mistakes. 33 Copyright All rights reserved. Materials Object Assembly Administration and Scoring Manual Stimulus Book Record Form Object Assembly Puzzles (13 puzzles) Stopwatch 34 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 17
18 Object Assembly Adapted from WPPSI-III, WISC-III, & WAIS-III Stop after 2 consecutive scores of 0 35 Copyright All rights reserved. Materials Recognition Administration and Scoring Manual Stimulus Book Record Form 36 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 18
19 Recognition New Subtest Stop when 4 of 5 items failed 37 Copyright All rights reserved. Materials Spatial Span Administration and Scoring Manual Stimulus Book Record Form Spatial Span Board 38 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 19
20 Spatial Span Only for Older Examinees Adapted from WISC-IV Integrated Forward and Backward Stop after scores of 0 on both trials of an item 39 Copyright All rights reserved. Picture Arrangement Materials Administration and Scoring Manual Stimulus Book Record Form Picture Arrangement Cards (15 sets) Stopwatch 40 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 20
21 Picture Arrangement Older examinees only Adapted from WISC-III & WAIS-III Stop at 4 consecutive failures 41 Copyright All rights reserved. WNV Subtests Scoring 42 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 21
22 WNV Scores Full Scale Mean = 100 SD = 15 Object Matrices Coding Recognition Assembly Mean = 50 SD SD = 10 or Spatial Span or Picture Arrangement 43 Copyright All rights reserved. Interpretation Chapter 6 Technical and Interpretive Manual 44 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 22
23 Report and Describe Performance Standard Scores Percentile Ranks Standard errors of measurement Descriptive categories Test-age equivalents Interpretation 45 Copyright All rights reserved. Report Performance Report WNV Full Scale standard score Lucy obtained a WNV Full Scale score of 103, which is ranked at the 58 th percentile. She performed as well as, or better than, 58% of examinees her age in the WNV normative sample. There is a 90% chance that her true Full Scale score lies within the range of 96 and 109. Lucy s Full Scale score of 103 is within the Average range according to the WNV classification. 46 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 23
24 Step-by-Step Interpretation Interpretation Step 1. Examine the Full Scale Score Step 2. Subtest-Level Analysis Step 3. Analysis of Spatial Span (Optional) Step 4. Examine Intersubtest Variability (Optional) Step 5. Intervention (Optional) 47 Copyright All rights reserved. & Standardization 48 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 24
25 Standardization Samples US sample closely matches the population (N = 1323) Canadian sample closely matches the population (N = 875) 49 Copyright All rights reserved. & Reliability 50 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 25
26 Reliability Full Scale Score: 4 Overall Average US.91 Canada.90 Full Scale Score: 2 US.91 Canada Copyright All rights reserved. & Validity Correlations with Other Tests 52 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 26
27 Table WNV and WISC-IV WNV & WISC-IV IV WNV FSIQ Mean SD N Full Scale Score: Four Full Scale Score: Two WISC-IV Mean SD N Copyright All rights reserved. WNV & UNIT Table 5.20 WNV and UNIT WNV FSIQ Mean SD N Full Scale Score: Four Full Scale Score: Two UNIT Mean SD N Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 27
28 Table 5.17 WNV & WISC-IV IV Spanish WNV FSIQ Mean SD N Full Scale Full Scale WISC-IV Sp Mean a 96.4 SD 14.7 N Copyright All rights reserved. & Validity Studies Validity Studies Group Differences 56 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 28
29 Gifted 41 examinees ages 5 21 identified as gifted. examinees had existing scores of at least 130 on a standardized measure of cognitive ability. 57 Copyright All rights reserved. Gifted FS=124 FS= Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 29
30 English Language Learners The WNV was administered to 55 examinees, ages 8 21, who met the criteria for classification as English Language Learners. native language was not English primary language they spoke was not English language other than English spoken at home parents had resided in the US less than 6 years 59 Copyright All rights reserved. English Language Learners FS=102 FS= Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 30
31 Deaf Individuals Examinees selected based on their lack of ever having heard spoken language examinees must not have been able to hear tones after the age of 18 months, must not lip read, must not use cued speech (i.e., they must have routine discourse by some means of communicating other than spoken language), severe to profound deafness. 61 Copyright All rights reserved. Deaf Individuals FS=102 FS= Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 31
32 Hard of Hearing Examinees have had exposure to spoken language, either through hearing or lip reading. The group could have a unilateral or bilateral hearing loss or deafness. Age of onset of their inability to hear could be any age. The examinee could have cochlear implants. And the following additional criteria: No disability or impairment other than being deaf or hard of hearing No diagnosis of a neurological disorder 63 Copyright All rights reserved. Hard of Hearing FS=97 FS= Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 32
33 White-Black Difference Black (N = 54) White (N=153) FS difference = 4.6 No variables controlled Black (N = 54) White (N=153) FS difference = 2.6 SES controlled 65 Copyright All rights reserved. Conclusion What does the Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability Measure? General ability, nonverbally 66 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 33
34 What does the WNV measure? The WNV is a test of general ability measured using nonverbal tests It is not a measure of nonverbal intelligence measure general ability by using tests that do not require verbal skills not nonverbal ability measure general ability nonverbally 67 Copyright All rights reserved. The WNV Provides an innovative method for administration Has excellent reliability Strong validity evidence Easy to interpret Has instructional implications Can be given to a wide age range Summary 68 Copyright All rights reserved. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 34
35 Customer Service (USA) (Canada) Webinar-Specific Questions Gloria Maccow, Ph.D. Copyright Pearson Education and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 35
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