Huge variation in WPPSI

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The tester noted that I may want to encourage my daughter to draw pictures, play with puzzles and other spatially related activities which I will do. She also said that I should keep an eye on how she is doing in math (especially geometry) when the time comes as that MIGHT be in issue.

OP -- might I suggest you check out this great book, and do some of the activities in it with your child, if you want to go that route? It's a fun book and has lots of good ideas that I bet would help your child learn and grow with spatial activities and eye-hand coordination.

Drawing With Children, by Mona Brooks

http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Children-Mona-Brookes/dp/0874778271/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236362822&sr=8-2

[Anonymous]

Or it could be the psychological state of your child at the time s/he took the test. I took a test twice when I was a kid (can't remember which) and saw a 60 point (!!!) spread. The first time I was excited and had fun. The second time I was depressed and uninterested. Regardless, it is criminal for schools to still use these tests as important to the process, and it is important not to get too caught up with them. Although I agree they serve some diagnostic purpose when it comes to within test variation.

See, e.g., http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/weblog/523.html