A standardised test designed to measure the natural ability of a person to develop skills or acquire knowledge.
An objective test that measures one or more capabilities that involve spatial reasoning, manual dexterity, clerical perception, or other capacities to learn certain behaviors. Aptitude test scores do not rely specifically on knowledge gained but may be enhanced through exposure to like activities.
A paper-and-pencil assessment of a person's intellectual functioning that is supposed to predict how the person will perform at a later time; well-known examples include the Scholastic Aptitude Test and the Graduate Record Examination.
Test that attempts to predict how well students will do; examples are the IQ test which predicts student capacity to learn and the American College Test which is used to predict how well students will perform in college.
a test designed to predict a person's potential to benefit from instruction in a particular academic or vocational setting. 347
designed to measure capability or potential, whether it is capability to succeed with an academic program, to learn a foreign language, to acquire a specific vocation, or some other capability.
a test used to predict future performance in a given activity, "intended to predict success in some occupation or training course" (Cronbach, 1984). Cp. achievement test.
a measure of intellectual ability
an examination conducted for the verification of the professional expertise of the applicant and the aim of which is to assess the knowledge, skills and experience of the applicant for working in a regulated profession
a test designed to help you learn what kinds of career you would be good at based on your skills
a test designed to measure a person's potential ability to perform an activity of a specialized kind
An aptitude test is used to provide an estimate of future performance on tasks that may or may not be similar to the tasks measured on the test. Aptitude tests arc used to assess the educational readiness of individuals to tears or become proficient in a given area if education or training is provided, Aptitude tests may contain the same type of items as achievement tests.
an examination designed to measure a person's ability to learn and the likelihood of that person's success in an academic setting or in a specific career.
A test that measures an individual's potential in a specific skill area, such as clerical speed, numerical ability, or abstract thinking.
A test that measures your potential to be good at something. It may measure potential in language, mathematics, physical or other skills.
A standardized test used in measuring one's ability for acquiring a skill or knowledge.
According to A Lexicon of Learning: What Educators Mean When They Say... from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), aptitude tests are tests that attempt to predict a person's ability to do something. The most familiar are intelligence tests, which are intended to measure a person's intellectual abilities. The theory underlying intelligence tests is that each person's mental ability is relatively stable and can be determined apart from his/her knowledge of subject matter or other abilities, such as creativity. Some aptitude tests measure a person's natural ability to learn particular subjects and skills or suitability for certain careers.
A test consisting of items selected and standardized so that the test predicts a person's future performance on tasks not obviously similar to those in the test. Aptitude tests may or may not differ in content from achievement tests, but they do differ in purpose. Aptitude tests consist of items that predict future learning or performance; achievement tests consist of items that sample the adequacy of past learning.
Standardized tests measuring specific intellectual capabilities or other characteristics.
a test that assesses a student's potential in a particular skill area (i.e. abstract thinking, spatial skills, etc.)
A test designed to measure a person's ability to learn and the likelihood of his or her success in future schoolwork or in a specific career.
Standardized test designed to assess an individual's potential to acquire and/or develop knowledge or skills.
