WISC-III Lecture Outline

• Review WISC-III administration
• Demo Tape
• Question and Answer Session

II. Review of Subtest Administration, Scoring Guidelines, and Subtest description

III. Development of the WISC-III

1. A historical perspective
2. Review of norms
3. Reliability
4. Validity

IV. Profile Analysis

The Intelligent Testing Philosophy (Kaufman, 1990)

• 1. The focus of any assessment is the PERSON being assessed, NOT the test.
• 2. The goal of any examiner is to be better than the tests he or she uses.
• 3. Intelligence tests measure what the individual has learned.
• 4. The tasks composing intelligence tests are illustrative samples of behavior and are not meant to be exhaustive.
• 5. Intelligence tests assess mental functioning under fixed experimental conditions.
• 6. Tests like the WAIS-R are not just administered individually; they must also be INTERPRETED individually by a shrewd and flexible detective.
• 7. Intelligence tests are best used to generate hypotheses of potential HELP to the person, not to label or categorize.

V. The Mechanics of Profile Analysis

• (Read chapters in Sattler on both the WISC-R and WISC-III.)

VI. Case Presentations

• The WISC-III in practice (research findings, practical issues).