NNAT3 Level A case studies
NNAT3 Level A · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The NNAT3 Level A is the youngest level of the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test, Third Edition, a picture-based reasoning test used with children in the early school years. Because items use shapes, patterns, and figures rather than spoken or written language, the test is designed to give a read on general reasoning ability that is less dependent on a child's English vocabulary, schooling, or reading skill. The NNAT3 Level A case studies are 5 cases and about 3,657 words.
1Two rules, one missing tile: scoring Item 3 in a Pattern Completion booklet
Okafor runs a 20-minute small-group session with four kindergartners. Each child works through a booklet of six Pattern Completion items.
717 words, about 4 min2A perfect score that may not be relational: diagnosing the look-alike strategy in Reasoning by Analogy
Delgado works one-to-one with a five-year-old on Reasoning by Analogy. The format is 'A is to B as C is to what?', with four answer choices.
719 words, about 4 min3Bridging a gap: a serial strip with its middle frame erased
A photocopier crease has wiped out the middle frame of a five-frame Serial Reasoning strip. Frame 1 is a triangle pointing up with one dot inside.
724 words, about 4 min4One punch, four layers: a folding demonstration that produced four holes
Brennan demonstrates a folding item. She takes a 16 cm by 16 cm square of paper, folds the top edge down onto the bottom edge, creases, then folds the left edge over onto the right edge and creases again.
760 words, about 4 min5Sixteen square units, two pieces: when area checking stops being enough
A table holds flat plastic pieces cut on a 1 cm grid. The task card shows a 4 cm by 4 cm square target - 16 square units - and says: fill it exactly with two pieces, no gaps and nothing hanging over the edge.
737 words, about 4 min