SOI Learning Abilities

We assess for the following intellectual abilities:

• Visual Closure - the ability to discriminate visual detail
• Visual Concepts - the ability to classify information
• Verbal Analogies - abstract thinking
• Complex Verbal Information - understanding complex instructions
• Reading Vocabulary - word meanings and nuances
• Object Constancy - spatial relations (needed for geometry, trig & calculus)
• Spatial Transformations - visualizing shapes from any perspective
• Symbolic Relations - discovering relationships in technical information
• Symbolic Progressions - combining isolated number facts into a system
• Math Vocabulary - math terminology
• Incidental Visual Detail - memory for periferal visual details
• Visual Attending - memory for visual details (spelling prerequisite)
• Visual Sequencing - holding information and processing in memory
• Auditory Attending - memory for auditory details - listening
• Auditory Sequencing - holding information and processing in memory
• Inferential Memory - remembering information to reason about the future
• Visual Detail Discrimination - seeing fine differences between shapes
• Judging Similarity of Concepts - organizational skill
• Choosing Concepts/Operations - when thinking through a problem
• Judging Symbolic Interrelationships - making judgments in arithmetic
• Manual Coordination - fine motor skills
• Arthmetic Problems - finding the answer to complex arithmetic problems
• Word Recognition Speed - scanning and reading speed
• Logical Problem-Solving - formal reasoning using inference
• Drawing Creativity - artistic talent and confidence
• Math Creativity - the ability to explore with symbols
• Verbal Creativity - writing talent and fluency of ideas