ACADEMIC APTITUDE TEST (AAT)

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Andrew Kobal

Academic Aptitude Test (AAT)

Verbal Intelligence

Measures of Academic Aptitude Test

Crystallized Intelligence (GC)

Theory of AAT

General Information

evaluates acquired knowledge from education and life experience

Mental Alertness

• Comprehension

• Judgement

• Arithmetic Reasoning

Comprehension of Relations

• Logical selection

• Analogy

• Classification

Multiple choice

Format of AAT

Easy to moderate

Difficulty of AAT

Speed test

Test type of AAT

Verbal

Modality of AAT

Limitations

• Disadvantages to those with limited language proficiency

• May be biased toward certain cultural/educational backgrounds

• Does not measure non-verbal intelligence

Mental Age (M.A.)

Chronological Age (C.A.)

Intelligence Quotient (I.Q.)