Description: Teens with language impairments related to the process of thinking can find that making good decisions and solving problems appropriately are difficult tasks. Determine how to help them with this test. est Purpose 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. Test Description 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.

Series: TOPS-2:A

Publisher: Linguisystems

Qualifications: B

Grade: Age 12 - 17

Format: KIT