Reference : Fair Assessment of Cognitive Abilities in Multilingual Children

	Document type :	Scientific congresses, symposiums and conference proceedings : Unpublished conference
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Education & instruction
	Focus Areas :	Educational Sciences
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/48583

Title :	Fair Assessment of Cognitive Abilities in Multilingual Children
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Kijamet, Dzenita [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > LUCET >]
	Ugen, Sonja [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > LUCET >]
Publication date :	11-Nov-2021
Reviewed work :	Since many decades, standardized test batteries have been developed to assess cognitive abilities. Within the educational framework, they help to identify children that need extra support. However, many of the tests contain cultural- and language loaded items and task instructions and are thus not adapted to multicultural and multilingual populations such as in Luxembourg. Indeed, the children’s language proficiency in the test language might impact task comprehension and task performance of children who do not speak the test language as a native language independent of the cognitive potential. Therefore, McCallum (2003) advises to use nonverbal intelligence tests to assess cognitive abilities of linguistically and culturally diverse individuals. The aim of this study is to develop a fair test of cognitive abilities for multilingual third graders. Based on the existing models, we first identified three broad abilities: fluid intelligence, visual processing, and short-term memory. To adequately assess these abilities, we then devised 12 specific subtests with a total of 445 items. To give culture- and language fair instructions, we created for each subtest animated videos. We will present the theoretical framework upon which the test battery is based, show example items, and explain the methodology that we will apply to validate the test.
Peer reviewed :	Yes
Audience :	International
Event name :	LuxERA Emerging Researchers’ Conference 2021
Event date :	from 10-11-2021 to 11-11-2021
Event organizer :	LUXERA
Event place (city) :	University of Luxembourg
Event country :	Luxembourg
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/48583

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