NNAT3 Level C study guide
NNAT3 Level C · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
NNAT3 Level C is the third-edition Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test form intended for children in roughly the middle elementary grades; the publisher, not this page, confirms which grade bands a given level serves. The test is used by schools and programs as one piece of evidence when screening for gifted and talented placement or other advanced programming. Because every item is pictorial or abstract, the test measures general reasoning ability without requiring reading, writing, or knowledge of a specific school curriculum, which makes it useful for children still developing English proficiency or for those whose first language is not English. Level C items fall into four families: completing a pattern with the missing piece, choosing a picture that finishes a visual analogy, continuing a sequence that changes by a rule, and folding, rotating, or combining shapes in the mind. The NNAT3 Level C study guide has 4 sections and about 1,105 words.
01Pattern Completion
Pattern Completion presents a design with one section missing and asks which option supplies the missing piece. On NNAT3 Level C the designs are geometric: colored shapes arranged in rows, columns, grids, or symmetric figures.
276 words, about 1 min02Reasoning by Analogy
Reasoning by Analogy uses the form 'A is to B as C is to ?'. Level C analogies use geometric figures; the first pair demonstrates a transformation, and you apply the same transformation to the third figure to choose the fourth.
275 words, about 1 min03Serial Reasoning
Serial Reasoning shows a sequence of figures and asks which figure comes next. At Level C the series usually changes one or two features in a regular step: rotation, color alternation, growing or shrinking, position cycling, or a repeated shape pattern.
285 words, about 1 min04Spatial Visualization
Spatial Visualization asks you to mentally assemble, fold, turn, or reflect shapes without moving them physically. Level C items may show pieces that combine into one figure, a folded sheet with a cut or mark, or a shape that must be rotated or mirrored to match an option.
269 words, about 1 min