TOPS-2 Adolescent Virtual Kit (Examiner's Manual and Reading Passages Bundle)

  • 34130AE
  • B
  • VIR
  • 4 lbs.8 oz.
$ 152.00

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Diagnose Language-Based Thinking Deficits

Ages: 12-0 through 17-11

Testing Time: 40 minutes

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

Subtests

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.

    • Subtest A: Making Inferences- The student is asked to give a logical explanation about a situation, combining what he knows or can see with previous experience/background information. Students who do well on this subtest make plausible inferences, predictions, or interpretations.
    • Subtest B: Determining Solutions- The student is asked to provide a logical solution for some aspect of a situation presented in a passage.
    • Subtest C: Problem SolvingThis subtest requires a student to recognize the problem, think of alternative solutions, evaluate the options, and state an appropriate solution for a given situation. It also includes stating how to avoid specific problems.
    • Subtest D: Interpreting Perspectives- A student who does well on this subtest will evaluate other points of view in order to make a conclusion.
    • Subtest E: Transferring Insights- The student is asked to compare analogous situations by using information stated in the passage.

    COMPLETE TOPS-2 ADOLESCENT VIRTUAL KIT INCLUDES: Examiner's Manual E-Book and Reading Passages E-Book. (©2007)

    Please contact testquestion@proedinc.com for revised normative tables.