NNAT3 case studies
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NNAT3 (Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test, Third Edition) is a nonverbal reasoning assessment used by schools and programs to estimate general ability without relying on language, reading, or arithmetic. Because every item is pictorial, it is often used when a child's first language is not English, when a language or learning difficulty would distort a verbal test, or when a program wants a second measure alongside other data. The NNAT3 case studies are 5 cases and about 3,371 words.
1Row Constancy vs. Cancellation in a 3-by-3 Matrix
During a fall practice block, a coordinator at Riverside Elementary watches two students disagree over a 3-by-3 matrix item with the bottom-right cell blank. Every cell is built from at most three parts: an outline shape, one straight line, and nothing else.
695 words, about 3 min2A Defensible Distractor in a Dot-Movement Analogy
An instructional coach is assembling a twelve-item analogy practice set for second graders. Her draft item pairs two figures.
659 words, about 3 min3Two Rules Fit: An Ambiguous Four-Term Sequence
A tutor in a summer enrichment program is reviewing a four-term serial item she wrote for students practicing sequences. Each term is a rectangle containing small solid dots: term 1 has 2, term 2 has 3, term 3 has 5, term 4 has 8, and the student must pick term 5 from five drawn options.
656 words, about 3 min4Two Folds, One Punch: Predicting the Unfolded Holes
During a small-group spatial reasoning session, a teacher gives each student a 16 cm by 16 cm paper square and reads three steps aloud. Step 1: fold the left edge over to meet the right edge, crease, and leave the paper folded, so the crease is now the left edge of the packet.
670 words, about 3 min5Rotation or Reflection: Reading the Dot on an L-Shape
A tutor is debriefing Marcus, who missed two of five rotation items on a spatial visualization practice page. The prompt figure is an L made of five unit squares: a vertical arm of three squares on the left and a horizontal arm of three squares along the bottom, sharing the bottom-left square.
691 words, about 3 min