Standardizing the Cognitive Abilities Screening Test (CogAt 7) for Identifying Gifted and Talented Children in Kindergarten and Elementary Schools in Jordan

Year 2018, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 1 - 13, 29.06.2018

Ali M. Alodat Marshall F. Zumberg

Abstract

This study aimed to standardize the Cognitive Abilities Screening Test
(CogAT) Form Seven for identifying gifted and talented children ages five-eight
years in Jordan. A sample of 280 students was randomly chosen from public and
private elementary schools and kindergartens in the city of Amman, the capital
city of Jordan, and used teachers' nomination for gifted students. The results
indicated significant and high reliability correlations for the total score of
the two-time administration (r = .927) and highly significant internal
consistency reliability correlations where Alpha coefficients were .941 for the
subtest scores and .962 for the total score and split-half reliability was .904
for the subtest scores and .927 for the total score. Furthermore, the content
validity results demonstrated unanimous agreement among reviewers (6 experts
and 10 teachers) about the translation match of the original test, suitability
to Jordanian culture, and extracting and interpreting the results. One the
other hand, the criterion validity results showed that there were no
significant correlations (r = .434) between the Arabic version of CogAT
Screening Test results and teachers' nomination of gifted students. 

Keywords

cognitive abilities test, jordan gifted, gifted identification, early identification

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