NNAT3 Level A study guide
NNAT3 Level A · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
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. Schools and programs sometimes use results as one piece of information when considering children for gifted and talented screening or other ability evaluations. The exam is organized into four item types: Pattern Completion, Reasoning by Analogy, Serial Reasoning, and Spatial Visualization. The NNAT3 Level A study guide has 4 sections and about 1,259 words.
01Pattern Completion (NNAT3 Level A)
Pattern Completion is the NNAT3 Level A domain in which a matrix or grid has one missing cell and the child chooses the piece that completes the overall design. Level A is the kindergarten level, so the designs are pictorial rather than verbal: shape, color, size, orientation, and position carry the rule.
336 words, about 2 min02Reasoning by Analogy (NNAT3 Level A)
Reasoning by Analogy presents a completed pair of figures and a second pair with one figure missing: A is to B as C is to ?. The child must identify the exact change between A and B and apply that same change to C.
306 words, about 2 min03Serial Reasoning (NNAT3 Level A)
Serial Reasoning shows a sequence of figures that changes step by step; the child selects the figure that comes next. The sequence may be a row of three or four figures with a blank at the end, or a series with one missing middle term.
302 words, about 2 min04Spatial Visualization (NNAT3 Level A)
Spatial Visualization asks the child to mentally move, turn, fold, or combine figures and choose the result. Unlike Pattern Completion, the answer is not a piece dropped into a hole; the whole figure is transformed or assembled.
315 words, about 2 min