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The Naglieri Non-Verbal Ability TestŪ (NNATŪ) is one of the tests used as a screen for gifted program entry. It is a short (about 30 minutes), multiple choice test, with no reading. As the test name suggests only non-verbal (also called spatial or figural) reasoning ability is tested.
There are seven different levels of the NNATŪ for administration from Kindergarten to Gr 12. Preschool children can be tested using the Kindergarten level test. Tests include up to four different types of questions - pattern completion, reasoning by analogy, serial reasoning and spatial visualization.
Pattern completion problems, as the name suggests, require children to identify the option which will complete the pattern.
Reasoning by Analogy requires the identification of relationships between shapes. The relationship between a large square and a small square, for example, is analogous to the relationship between a large circle and a .... small circle. Relationships may be presented in more than two dimensions.
Serial reasoning problems require children to identify the shape which comes next in a pattern.
Spatial visualization problems involve visualizing how objects might look when rotated or otherwise transformed or combined.
Recommendations
The NNATŪ is referred to as a matrix reasoning test because of the format in which the questions are presented. Similar types of analysis can be taught, and tested, using different formats. The figural analysis sections of Building Thinking Skills has chapters teaching the skills tested for in the NNATŪ. This is my number one recommendation for test preparation. After that I can offer products which work on associated skills like visual perception which may aid a child in performing at the optimum level. You can view my suggestions by choosing your child's grade level above.
NNATŪ and Naglieri Nonverbal Ability TestŪ are registered trademarks of NCS Pearson. The recommendations made here are those of thinktonight and are not endorsed by NCS Pearson.
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