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Fundamental Skills Test for

Learning

Assessment instrument that measures the development of skills that underpin instrumental learning, such as reading.

and mathematics.

✍🏻 Author: Isauro Blanco and R&D&I Team.

ℹ️ Application: collective and individual.

🕓 Duration: 45 minutes.

✅ Age of application: 6 to 18 years.

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What does your school get with this tool?

01

Detect

Understand the reasons for the different levels of academic performance in the group to make personalised learning possible.

02

Know and enhance

The level of development of the foundations of learning: verbal comprehension, mathematical reasoning and reading.

03

Facilitate

Foundations for solid learning.

04

Anticipate

To possible learning difficulties.

Problems you avoid (or mitigate) when you use the Battery of Fundamental Skills

1. School failure: Early detection favors intervention to prevent learning problems from becoming chronic and thus provide an appropriate educational response.

2. Problems in reading mastery and comprehension: Reading is the basis of all learning, and difficulties in reading can affect performance in any subject, including mathematics. This tool can detect which skill or skills are not sufficiently stimulated to influence it and prevent it from impacting on your reading skills.

3. Problems in learning mathematics: Mathematics is often rejected because the origin of the difficulty is not identified and it is reinforced without taking into account what is hindering its understanding. Identifying the origin of the difficulty prevents the difficulty from becoming chronic.

4. Lack of motivation and low academic self-concept: A false belief of low ability due to low or insufficient academic performance directly influences intellectual self-esteem and, therefore, motivation. Becoming aware of their abilities, how they influence their performance and how they can be stimulated, fosters their perception of control over themselves and their motivation for change.

The Fundamental Skills for Learning Test uses 9 dimensions to assess the level of development of fundamental skills for learning.

Verbal reasoning factors

Vocabulary

Capture of semantic units that refer to the level of vocabulary acquired.

First level of reading comprehension

Semantic systems capture refers to the ability to integrate information extracted from several paragraphs.

Following instructions and extensive information

Capturing semantic relationships, that is, first level of reading comprehension.

Mathematical reasoning factors

Grasping numerical facts

Ability to handle basic operations.

Arithmetic evaluation

Ability to evaluate mathematical symbolic systems that refers to the application of logic and reasoning.

Solving Arithmetic Problems

Ability to generate a solution to the problem by proposing an appropriate use of operations to provide an accurate response.

Reasoning factors reading

Visual capture

Visual integration skill that allows one to capture the shape of the word.

Visual discrimination

Ability to discriminate differences in pseudowords.

Fast and accurate reading

Ability to decode sentences with speed and understanding.

What is needed to apply the test?

Internet connection since it is done 100% online.
A digital device (computer or 7-inch tablet).
Hearing aids for children between 6 and 8 years old.

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