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    The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) is an individually administered intelligence test for children ages 6-16 years 11 months. It measures both verbal and nonverbal abilities to yield an overall intelligence quotient (IQ) as well as verbal and performance IQ scores. The test consists of 13 subtests that evaluate abilities such as general knowledge, working memory, vocabulary, arithmetic, visual processing, and reasoning. The WISC is widely used by psychologists and in educational placement evaluations.

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    The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) is an individually administered intelligence test for children ages 6-16 years 11 months. It measures both verbal and nonverbal abilities to yield an overall intelligence quotient (IQ) as well as verbal and performance IQ scores. The test consists of 13 subtests that evaluate abilities such as general knowledge, working memory, vocabulary, arithmetic, visual processing, and reasoning. The WISC is widely used by psychologists and in educational placement evaluations.

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    The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) is an individually administered intelligence test for children ages 6-16 years 11 months. It measures both verbal and nonverbal abilities to yield an overall intelligence quotient (IQ) as well as verbal and performance IQ scores. The test consists of 13 subtests that evaluate abilities such as general knowledge, working memory, vocabulary, arithmetic, visual processing, and reasoning. The WISC is widely used by psychologists and in educational placement evaluations.

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    WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE

    SCALE
    Presented By: Waqar Ahmad
    WISC Introduction
     The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
    was first developed in 1949 and revised in
    1974(WISC-R) The latest version, the Wechsler
    Intelligence Scale for Children-
     Third Edition WISC-III),was published in 1991.It is
    an individually administered measure of intelligence
    intended for children aged six years to 16years
    and 11 months.
    Continue....
     The WISC is designed to measure human
    intelligence as reflected in both verbal and
    nonverbal(performance) abilities.
     The WISC is used in schools as part of placement
    evaluations for programs for gifted children and for
    children who are developmentally disabled.
     WISC is used in neuropsychological evaluation,
    specifically with regard to brain dysfunction.
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     The test mayalso serve to better evaluate children
    with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
    and otherbehaviour disorders.
    WISC- R
     The first form of the WISC-R (Wechsler Intelligence
    Scale for Children-Revised) was revised in 1974 as
    a result of an approximately 25 year-old
    evaluation.
     The age range was expanded to 6-16 as opposed
    to the previously used5-15.
    WISC- III
     WISC III scores yield an overall intelligence
    quotient, called the full scale IQ, as well as a verbal
    IQ and a performance IQ.
     The three IQ scores are standardized in such a way
    that a score of 100 is considered average and
    serves as a benchmark for higher and lower scores.
    Verbal IQ
     The child's verbal IQ score is derived from scores on
    six of the subtests:
     Information
     Digit span
     Vocabulary
     Arithmetic
     Comprehension,
     Similarities.
     information subtest is a test of general knowledge,
    including questions about geography and literature.
     The digit span subtest requires the child to repeat
    strings of digits recited by the examiner.
     The vocabulary and arithmetic subtests are
    general measures of the child's vocabulary and
    arithmeticskills.
     The comprehension subtest asks the child to solve
    practical problems and explain the meaning of
    simple proverbs.
     The similarities subtest asks the child to describe
    the similarities between pairs ofitems, for example
    that apples and oranges are both fruits.
    Performance IQ
     The child's performance IQ is derived from scores
    on the remaining seven subtests:
     Picture Completion
     Picture Arrangement
     Block Design
     Object Assembly
     Coding
     Mazes
     Symbol Search
     picture completion subtest, the child is asked to
    complete pictures with missing elements
     picture arrangement subtest entails arranging
    pictures in order to tell a story.
     The block design subtest requires the child to use
    blocks to make specific designs.
     object assembly subtest asks the child toput
    together pieces in such a way as to construct an
    entire object.
     In the coding subtest, the child makes pair from a
    series of shapes or numbers.
     The mazes subtest asks the child to solve maze
    puzzles of increasing difficulty.
     The symbo lsearch subtest requires the child to
    match symbols that appear indifferent groups.

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