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Test of Problem Solving – 2 Adolescent (2007) L-33
Free
Description
While other tests may assess thinking skills by tapping mathematical, spatial, or nonverbal potential, the TOPS 2 Adolescent assesses critical thinking abilities based on the student’s language strategies using logic and experience. The TOPS 2 Adolescent uses a natural context of problem-solving situations related to adolescent experiences and assesses five different decision-making skill areas critical to academic, problem solving, and social success. Based on the research of Richard Paul, the TOPS 2 Adolescent emphasizes the integrative disposition of critical thinking by focusing on these cognitive processes: understanding/comprehension, analysis, interpretation, self-regulation, evaluation, explanation, inference, insight, decision-making, intent/purpose, problem solving, acknowledgment. The test is comprised of five subtests (18 written passages) that assess a student’s performance of these skills. The subtests require the student to pay careful attention to, process, and think about what they hear and read; think about problems with a purpose in mind; resist the urge to be impulsive; and express answers verbally. Accepted test by Medicaid. 12-17 years Norm-Referenced Huisingh, Bowers & LoGiudice Pro-Ed (LinguiSys)
