Verbal Comprehension
What is measured for the verbal comprehension index?
- assesses the ability to comprehend and solve language-based problems
- requires verbal conceptualization, access of stored knowledge and oral expression
- student must answer orally presented questions that assess common-sense reasoning, reasoning out or retrieving word associations, and the ability to describe that nature or meaning of words
What does that mean for learners?
- involves the ability to receive and express verbal information
- ability to listen to a question
- draw upon learned information from both formal and informal education
- reason through an answer
- express their thoughts aloud