{"id":1452,"date":"2021-06-25T09:15:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T23:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/?post_type=article&#038;p=1452"},"modified":"2021-06-25T12:59:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T02:59:24","slug":"gifted-and-talented-report-5","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/article\/gifted-and-talented-report-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifted and Talented Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1046 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-30-at-8.53.33-am-e1620699217388.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"286\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the last newsletter, I wrote about the tests we use to determine a student\u2019s academic ability and potential. In this article, I would like to expand on this and explain in more detail the use of Allwell data. The Allwell Test of Ability has the following components to the assessment:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">General reasoning<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Verbal reasoning<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Non-verbal reasoning<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mathematics<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reading comprehension<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spelling<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Writing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most of these components are self-explanatory, but what about verbal and non-verbal reasoning?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Verbal reasoning <\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is the ability to comprehend and reason using concepts expressed through words. A <\/span><b>verbal reasoning<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> test is a form of aptitude test used to find out how well a candidate can assess <\/span><b>verbal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> logic, and how successfully they can extract the correct meaning from complex written information.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Verbal Reasoning Example\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even though the minimum age for obtaining a driving license has increased in recent years, a substantial increase in car sales over the corresponding years has resulted in a staggering rise in fatal car accident numbers. As the latest figures show, fatal car accidents are especially prevalent among young drivers who have less than five years of driving experience. Last winter 50 per cent of all fatal road accidents involved drivers with up to five years of driving experience and an additional 15 per cent were drivers who had between six to eight years of experience. The interim figures of the current year show that the massive advertisement campaign &#8220;fighting accidents&#8221; has resulted in some improvements but the truth is that the number of younger drivers involved in fatal accidents is intolerably high.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Question: The considerable increase in car sales is the reason behind the sharp increase in fatal car accidents.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">True<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">False<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cannot Say<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Non-verbal reasoning<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> involves the ability to understand and analyse visual information and solve problems using visual <\/span><b>reasoning<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. For example: identifying relationships, similarities and differences between shapes and patterns, recognizing visual sequences and relationships between objects, and remembering these.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Non Verbal Reasoning Example<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Identify the odd one out in the sequence:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1489 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2021\/06\/GT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"152\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the assessment, a stanine score is given. Stanine is short for &#8216;standard nine&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A stanine score ranges from a low of 1 to a high of 9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1, 2, or 3 is below average.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4, 5\u00a0 or 6 is average.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">7, 8, or 9 is above average.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of a student\u2019s performance stanines:<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 16.6667%;text-align: center\"><b>General Reasoning<\/b><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 16.6667%;text-align: center\"><b>Verbal Reasoning<\/b><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 16.6667%;text-align: center\"><b>Non-Verbal Reasoning<\/b><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 16.6667%;text-align: center\"><strong>Maths performance<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 16.6667%;text-align: center\"><strong>Reading<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 16.6667%;text-align: center\"><strong>Written Expression<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;text-align: center\"><b>6<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;text-align: center\"><b>5<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;text-align: center\"><b>9<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;text-align: center\"><strong>7<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;text-align: center\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;text-align: center\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\nUsing this data we can then flexibly group our students based on strengths and abilities. The photos below show the flexible groupings happening in 7 Maths during their Maths Enrichment Stations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My thanks to our Instructional leader Ms Jenny Dove for her resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"highlight\">\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Mrs Rachael Colreavy, <\/em><em>Gifted and Talented Coordinator<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">This article on College life meets The Archbishop&#8217;s Charter for Catholic Schools &#8211; Charter #2 &amp; #6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last newsletter, I wrote about the tests we use to determine a student\u2019s academic ability and potential. In this article, I would like to expand on this and explain in more detail the use of Allwell data. 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