CogAT Nonverbal study guide
CogAT Nonverbal · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test) is a K–12 cognitive abilities assessment published by Riverside Insights. It is used by schools rather than by individual candidates registering for a professional credential, and it is designed to measure students' abilities so educators can identify potential and maximize achievement. According to Riverside Insights, CogAT is the only assessment that measures verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal reasoning to reveal a complete picture of student potential. Those three domains are the areas a student encounters on the test, and the Nonverbal domain asks students to reason with figures, patterns, and spatial relationships rather than with words or numbers. Topics on this exam: Verbal, Quantitative, and Nonverbal. The CogAT Nonverbal study guide has 3 sections and about 1,169 words.
01Verbal - Word and Sentence Reasoning
The Verbal battery of the CogAT measures how well you reason with words, sentences, and relationships among ideas. It contains three item types: Verbal Classification, Sentence Completion, and Verbal Analogies. Vocabulary matters, but the score depends more on spotting the precise logical link than on knowing rare words. You see three words that share a category and choose a fourth from the answer choices.
394 words, about 2 min02Quantitative - Number Relationship Reasoning
The Quantitative battery measures reasoning with number relationships rather than computation speed. Its three item types are Number Analogies, Number Puzzles, and Number Series. You are expected to find a rule, test it, and apply it accurately; arithmetic is a tool, not the goal. A pair of numbers establishes a rule; a second pair has one missing number.
374 words, about 2 min03Nonverbal - Figure and Spatial Reasoning
The Nonverbal battery uses only figures and shapes, so it measures abstract and spatial reasoning without relying on words or numbers. Its three item types are Figure Matrices, Paper Folding, and Figure Classification. Success comes from naming the visual rule precisely-rotation, reflection, addition, subtraction, shading, size, or position-and checking it against every part of the figure. A grid contains figures that change by a rule across rows and down columns.
401 words, about 2 min