Paa Category: Educational Assessments

Authors Nancy Mather, Ph.D; Blanche Podhajski, Ph.D; Janice Sammons, Ph.D; Marilyn D. Varricchio, M.Ed; Barbara J. Wendling, M.A. Description MindPlay®.  We teach reading. Reading is the key to learning. An inability to read leads to academic frustration in all subjects, impeding success in both educational...

Authors Robert A. Stern, PhD and Travis White, PhD Description The NAB Auditory Comprehension Test was created to highlight deficits in auditory comprehension. Created to be a comprehensive assessment of auditory comprehension, the measure incorporates most of the previously existing methods of assessment, including asking...

Authors Robert A. Stern, PhD and Travis White, PhD Description Now available as a self-contained instrument, the NAB Categories Test is a classification and categorisation task designed to evaluate concept formation, cognitive response set, mental flexibility, novel problem solving, and generativity. One of the tests...

Authors Robert A. Stern, PhD and Travis White, PhD Description  Now available as a stand-alone assessment, the NAB Design Construction Test represents an important tool in identifying difficulties with visuoconstruction associated with a variety of disorders. The measure evaluates difficulties with visuoconstruction through a brief...

Authors Robert A. Stern, PhD and Travis White, PhD Description Previously available only as part of the NAB Attention Module, the NAB Digits Forward/Digits Backward Test is now available as an independent assessment. Administration is brief and straightforward, involving the oral presentation of spans of...

Authors Robert A. Stern, PhD and Travis White, PhD Description One of the tests that make up the NAB Executive Functions Module, the NAB Mazes Test now is available as an independent assessment. The NAB Mazes Test measures planning and foresight--aspects of executive function that...

Authors  Robert A. Stern, PhD and Travis White, PhD Description Now available as a complete stand-alone kit, the NAB Memory Module measures explicit verbal and visual learning and memory through four primary tests: (a) List Learning, (b) Shape Learning, (c) Story Learning, and (d) Daily...

Authors Robert A. Stern, PhD and Travis White, PhD Description Formerly available only as part of the NAB Language Module, the NAB Naming Test is now available as a stand-alone assessment. This instrument is designed to highlight deficits in visual confrontation naming skills and to identify aphasia....

Authors Robert A. Stern, PhD and Travis White, PhD Description One of the tests that make up the NAB Attention Module, the NAB Numbers & Letters Test is now available as a brief stand-alone assessment. Administration is relatively short and straightforward, incorporating letter cancellation and...

Authors Robert A. Stern, PhD and Travis White, PhD Description The NAB Orientation Test evaluates impaired orientation, one of the most common symptoms of a variety of brain disorders and an important aspect of attention. A brief 16-item measure, the test consists of questions relating...

Authors Robert A. Stern, PhD, Travis White, PhD Description The NAB Screening Module helps to generate initial hypothesis regarding differential diagnosis and treatment recommendations and provides an estimate of the examinee's functioning in a particular domain when more in-depth examination is either not warranted or...