Aptitudes
Aptitudes are
natural, inherited strengths that you are born with - unique to you.
They are not a measurement of intelligence, education or even interest.
With only a few exceptions (vocabulary and numerical computation), you
can't increase or decrease them once aptitude maturity has been reached,
usually around 13 years old, but you can learn to understand them and develop
your career goals with them in mind. They must be challenged, in
job, hobby or volunteer work, or you will feel "something is missing."
Some examples of aptitudes are verbal reasoning, mathematical reasoning,
mechanical, spatial, and fine motor control.
Tests can provide
a measure of aptitude, however, many things can and will affect the outcome
of a test. Examples of factors that may influence the outcome include
the testing environment and your health at the time of testing. There
are many different aptitudes that an individual possesses. No one
test measures them all; further, aptitude tests measure aptitudes at varied
levels. For this reason, it is important to understand what aptitudes
the test is measuring and the depth of level it is designed to measure.
Therefore, aptitudes are best used as one component of a multiple measurement
career battery that includes past performance and other assessment results
indicating strengths. However, as part of a responsible multiple
measurement assessment battery coupled with professional interpretation
of the results, an aptitude test can help individuals identify their strengths
and select occupations in which they would be more likely to succeed.
Links for
More Information
Reading Assessment
http://www.test4free.com/assessfam.asp
Verbal Test
http://www.queendom.com/tests/iq/verbal_iq_b_access.html |
