Junior South African Individual Scales (JSAIS)

E.M. Madge

• a reasonably complete coverage of the intellectual skills essential for progress in the first year of primary school; and

• a battery of tests of diagnostic and clinical value.

• Form Board;
• Vocabulary;
• Ready Knowledge;
• Number and Quantity Concepts;
• Memory for Digits;
• Block Designs;
• Story Memory;
• Picture Riddles;
• Word Association;
• Absurdities (Missing Parts);
•  Absurdities (Absurd Situations);
• Form Discrimination;
• Social Reasoning;
• Grouping;
• Picture Association;
• Picture Analogies;
• Word Fluency;
• Gestalt Completion;
• Picture Puzzles;
• Picture Series;
• Visual Memory for Objects and Figures; and

• Copying.

The first twelve of these tests constitute the Global IQ Scale. The Global IQ Scale has four subscales, namely a Verbal IQ Scale (VIQ Scale), a Performance IQ Scale (PIQ Scale), a Numerical Scale (Num Scale) and a Memory Scale. Eight tests form an abridged scale, the GIQ 8 Scale, with three subscales, namely the VIQ 8 Scale, the PIQ 8 Scale and the Num Scale.

• 3 years 0 months to 7 years 11 months (full battery) for White learners;

• School-going children of 6 years 0 months to 7 years 11 months (full battery) for Coloured learners;

• School-going children of 6 years 0 months to 7 years 11 months (twelve GIQ tests) for Indian learners.

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