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MindTap for Neukrug/Fawcett's Essentials of Testing and Assessment: A Practical Guide for Counselors, Social Workers and Psychologists, Enhanced, 1 term Instant Access, 3rd Edition
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MindTap for Neukrug/Fawcet's Essentials of Testing and Assessment: A Practical Guide for Counselors, Social Workers and Psychologists, Enhanced, Third Edition is the digital learning solution that powers students from memorization to mastery. It gives you complete control of your course--to provide engaging content, to challenge every individual and to build their confidence. Empower students to accelerate their progress with MindTap. MindTap: Powered by You.
MindTap propels students from memorization to mastery with a learn, practice, apply framework designed to prepare students for real world work in the helping professions. MindTap gives you complete ownership of your content and learning experience. Customize the interactive syllabi, emphasize the most important topics, and add your own material or notes in the eBook. The outcome-driven application helps you challenge every student, build their confidence, and empower them to be unstoppable.
- MindTap is an outcome-driven application that propels students from memorization to mastery. It’s the only platform that gives you complete ownership of your course. With it, you can challenge every student, build their confidence and empower them to be unstoppable.
- ACCESS EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN ONE PLACE. Cut down on prep with preloaded, organized course materials in MindTap. Teach more efficiently with interactive multimedia, assignments, quizzes and more. And give your students the power to read, listen and study on their phones, so they can learn on their terms.
- EMPOWER YOUR STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL. Twelve distinct metrics give you actionable insights into student engagement. Identify topics troubling your entire class and instantly communicate with struggling students. And students can track their scores to stay motivated toward their goals. Together, you can accelerate progress.
- YOUR COURSE. YOUR CONTENT. Only MindTap gives you complete control over your course. You have the flexibility to reorder textbook chapters, add your own notes and embed a variety of content including OER. Personalize course content to your students’ needs. They can even read your notes, add their own and highlight key text to aid their progress.
- A DEDICATED TEAM, WHENEVER YOU NEED THEM. MindTap isn’t just a tool; it’s backed by a personalized team eager to support you. Get help setting up your course and tailoring it to your specific objectives. You’ll be ready to make an impact from day one. And, we’ll be right here to help you and your students throughout the semester—and beyond.
- LEVERAGE THE POWER OF VIDEO This MindTap comes with video activities and can be customized to your course with our library of over 700 additional videos in MindTap’s free Instructor’s Resource Center.
- QUIZZING THAT SHOWS OUTCOMES TO STANDARDS! This MindTap has an improved quizzing experience for students allowing them to receive immediate feedback on their quizzes and now includes outcome reporting aligned to professional standards on class performance.
LEARNING PATH:
Why am I here? Polling Activity. At the start of each chapter, students complete a short activity written specifically to get them engaged in the material prior to the reading. The polling questions get students to begin thinking in a meaningful way about the real-life uses of the concepts and issues they will cover in the chapter.
Chapter Reading. The full text is available through the dynamic MindTap Reader, allowing students an enhanced reading experience with notes and highlights that feed directly to custom study guides in the StudyHub MindApp.
Chapter Quiz. Multiple-choice questions are provided for each chapter that allow students to measure their understanding and progress. These questions are aligned to discipline standards and detailed reporting is provided for the course outcomes by standard.
Video Activity. Students view professional interviews and archival news footage as they progress through the course. Each videos asks students to answer embedded questions as they watch each video, in order to understand the broader social context to the chapter content.
Practice Activity. Students will answer a series of multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and matching questions aimed at getting them to think critically about key concepts discussed within each chapter.
Case Study. Additional case studies give students the opportunity to read about more real-life situations and practice the sort of critical thinking skills needed to succeed in a challenging field.
Helper Studio. This video-based activity puts students directly in the role of helping professional. Students respond to clients with recorded video responses that demonstrate important skills and confidence necessary for success in the profession.
Reflection Activity. At the conclusion of each chapter’s content, students are asked to apply concepts directly to their life and future career in the helping professions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
SECTION I: UNDERSTANDING THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS: HISTORY,
ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES, DIAGNOSIS, AND THE ASSESSMENT REPORT.
1. History of Testing and Assessment.
2. Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Assessment – Updated.
3. Diagnosis in the Assessment Process.
4. The Assessment Report Process: Interviewing the Client and Writing the Report.
SECTION II: TEST WORTHINESS AND TEST STATISTICS.
5. Test Worthiness: Validity, Reliability, Cross-Cultural Fairness, and Practicality.
6. Statistical Concepts: Making Meaning Out of Raw Scores.
7. Statistical Concepts: Creating New Scores to Interpret Test Data.
SECTION III: COMMONLY USED ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES.
8. Assessment of Educational Ability: Survey Battery, Diagnostic, Readiness, and Cognitive Ability Tests – Updated.
9. Intellectual and Cognitive Functioning: Intelligence Testing and
Neuropsychological Assessment – Updated.
10. Career and Occupational Assessment: Interest Inventories, Multiple Aptitude, and Special Aptitude Tests – Updated.
11. Clinical Assessment: Objective and Projective Personality Tests – Updated.
12. Informal Assessment: Observation, Rating Scales, Classification Methods, Environmental Assessment, Records and Personal Documents, and Performance-Based Assessment.
Why am I here? Polling Activity. At the start of each chapter, students complete a short activity written specifically to get them engaged in the material prior to the reading. The polling questions get students to begin thinking in a meaningful way about the real-life uses of the concepts and issues they will cover in the chapter.
Chapter Reading. The full text is available through the dynamic MindTap Reader, allowing students an enhanced reading experience with notes and highlights that feed directly to custom study guides in the StudyHub MindApp.
Chapter Quiz. Multiple-choice questions are provided for each chapter that allow students to measure their understanding and progress. These questions are aligned to discipline standards and detailed reporting is provided for the course outcomes by standard.
Video Activity. Students view professional interviews and archival news footage as they progress through the course. Each videos asks students to answer embedded questions as they watch each video, in order to understand the broader social context to the chapter content.
Practice Activity. Students will answer a series of multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and matching questions aimed at getting them to think critically about key concepts discussed within each chapter.
Case Study. Additional case studies give students the opportunity to read about more real-life situations and practice the sort of critical thinking skills needed to succeed in a challenging field.
Helper Studio. This video-based activity puts students directly in the role of helping professional. Students respond to clients with recorded video responses that demonstrate important skills and confidence necessary for success in the profession.
Reflection Activity. At the conclusion of each chapter’s content, students are asked to apply concepts directly to their life and future career in the helping professions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
SECTION I: UNDERSTANDING THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS: HISTORY,
ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES, DIAGNOSIS, AND THE ASSESSMENT REPORT.
1. History of Testing and Assessment.
2. Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Assessment – Updated.
3. Diagnosis in the Assessment Process.
4. The Assessment Report Process: Interviewing the Client and Writing the Report.
SECTION II: TEST WORTHINESS AND TEST STATISTICS.
5. Test Worthiness: Validity, Reliability, Cross-Cultural Fairness, and Practicality.
6. Statistical Concepts: Making Meaning Out of Raw Scores.
7. Statistical Concepts: Creating New Scores to Interpret Test Data.
SECTION III: COMMONLY USED ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES.
8. Assessment of Educational Ability: Survey Battery, Diagnostic, Readiness, and Cognitive Ability Tests – Updated.
9. Intellectual and Cognitive Functioning: Intelligence Testing and
Neuropsychological Assessment – Updated.
10. Career and Occupational Assessment: Interest Inventories, Multiple Aptitude, and Special Aptitude Tests – Updated.
11. Clinical Assessment: Objective and Projective Personality Tests – Updated.
12. Informal Assessment: Observation, Rating Scales, Classification Methods, Environmental Assessment, Records and Personal Documents, and Performance-Based Assessment.
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This Cengage solution can be seamlessly integrated into most Learning Management Systems (Blackboard, Brightspace by D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and more) but does require a different ISBN for access codes. Please work with your Cengage Learning Consultant to ensure the proper course set up and ordering information. For additional information, please visit the LMS Integration site.
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- ISBN-10: 0357040589
- ISBN-13: 9780357040584
- RETAIL $84.95