Dynamic Assessment of Young Children

Abstract

This book establishes dynamic assessment (DA) as a useful approach that complements standardized normative tests in portraying an accurate picture of cognitive functioning and offering a more adequate assessment the learning potential and process of children, handicapped persons and persons with learning disabilities. In the first part of the book, the author describes the two major theories of Vygotsky and Feuerstein and their applications to DA. In the middle part, the author describes the DA approach and more specifically the DA measures developed for young children in the last two decades. The last part of the book describes three major areas of research in which DA has been applied: developmental, educational, and cognitive intervention programs. The last chapter of the book—the epilogue—deals with some unresolved problems and open issues and suggestions for future developments. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)