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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 352736" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We bought a package of computer software when difficult child 3 first left mainstream and I didn't know if I would have Occupational Therapist (OT) home-school him, because the SD was trying to block our access to correspondence. And in that package was a freebie program, "Learn to Raise Your IQ" or similar. It's basically an IQ test (a very simple one) that is multiple choice. It also records your details (name, age etc) as well as how many times you've taken the test. Once you've completed the test, it graphs your progress against past tests. </p><p></p><p>I found I got a few questions wrong the first time - it asks 100 questions and tells you if you get it wrong. But it must only have a bank of about 150 to 200 questions, because when I repeated the test, I found the same questions coming up. Ones that I remembered getting wrong before, I had a better chance of getting right next time because I knew to not pick the same answer again, if I got it wrong last time. I think by the third time (after we'd had it for about 2 weeks) I scored a perfect 200.</p><p></p><p>It's currently gathering dust somewhere... it shows a number of things wrong with IQ testing. First, the software was US-based which means there are cultural differences - questions like, "What is the first day of spring?" will have a different answer in Australia. Second, it shows the serious problems with over-testing and over-familiarisation with test material.</p><p></p><p>I know I don't have an IQ of 200, no matter what my computer tells me!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 352736, member: 1991"] We bought a package of computer software when difficult child 3 first left mainstream and I didn't know if I would have Occupational Therapist (OT) home-school him, because the SD was trying to block our access to correspondence. And in that package was a freebie program, "Learn to Raise Your IQ" or similar. It's basically an IQ test (a very simple one) that is multiple choice. It also records your details (name, age etc) as well as how many times you've taken the test. Once you've completed the test, it graphs your progress against past tests. I found I got a few questions wrong the first time - it asks 100 questions and tells you if you get it wrong. But it must only have a bank of about 150 to 200 questions, because when I repeated the test, I found the same questions coming up. Ones that I remembered getting wrong before, I had a better chance of getting right next time because I knew to not pick the same answer again, if I got it wrong last time. I think by the third time (after we'd had it for about 2 weeks) I scored a perfect 200. It's currently gathering dust somewhere... it shows a number of things wrong with IQ testing. First, the software was US-based which means there are cultural differences - questions like, "What is the first day of spring?" will have a different answer in Australia. Second, it shows the serious problems with over-testing and over-familiarisation with test material. I know I don't have an IQ of 200, no matter what my computer tells me! Marg [/QUOTE]
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