SIT-4

Slosson Intelligence Test-4th Edition

Purpose: Measures the cognitive ability

Format: Paper and pencil

Age range: 4 years to 65 years

Time: 10-20 minutes

DETAILS:

The SIT-4 is a verbal screening measure of cognitive ability for children and adults and is ideal for those with visual impairment, reading disabilities, or other conditions.

Features and Benefits

• Measures crystallized verbal intelligence verbally, making it ideal for those with visual impairments, reading disabilities, or other conditions.

• Includes six domains:

• General Information (GI): the learning of cultural knowledge, much of which is not explicitly or directly taught.

• Comprehension (CO): the knowledge of social behavior, "common sense," and the ability to interpret sayings and proverbs.

• Quantitative (QN): the ability to do mental calculations, remember essential numbers, and determine the arithmetic process required to calculate correct answers.

• Similarities and Differences (SD): the skill in determining common attributes of two dissimilar things or concepts and some uncommon attributes.

• Vocabulary (VO): the ability to use, understand, and define words orally.

• Auditory Memory (AM): the capability to remember and repeat correctly a random series of digits, both forward and backward, as well as several sentences.

• The SIT-4 yields a Total Score, charts category scores, and compares ability to achievement.