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• Title Page
• Copyright
• Series Preface
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter One: Overview
• History and Development
• Chapter Two: How to Administer the WJ IV COG
• General Testing Information
• Test-by-Test Administration Procedures
• Chapter Three: How to Score the WJ IV COG
• Item Scoring
• Reminders for Scoring Each Test
• Obtaining Derived Scores
• Creating a Comprehensive Report Using the WIIIP
• Chapter Four: How to Interpret the WJ IV COG
• Level 1: Tests Measuring One or More Narrow Cognitive Abilities
• Level 2: Clusters Measuring Broad and Narrow Cognitive Abilities and Cognitive Efficiency
• Level 3: Clusters Measuring Intellectual Ability and Scholastic Aptitudes
• Step-by-Step Interpretation of the WJ IV COG
• Chapter Five: Strengths and Weaknesses of the WJ IV COG
• Development and Structure
• Strengths of the WJ IV COG
• Weaknesses of the WJ IV COG
• Chapter Six: Illustrative Case Studies
• Case 1. Jon—General Cognitive Ability and Intra-Cognitive Variations
• Case 2. José—Adding Cluster Information to the Core Tests
• Case 3. Tanya—Evaluating the Practical Implications of a Head Injury
• Case 4. Jack—Determining the Educational Implications of a Traumatic Brain Injury
• Chapter Summary
• Chapter Seven: Illustrative Case Studies
• Case 1. Jacob—Analysis of the GIA, Gf-Gc, CHC, and Scholastic Aptitude Clusters and Tests
• Case 2. Danielle—A Disability-Attenuated GIA
• Case 3. Arnold—Accepting or Rejecting the Null Hypothesis
• Chapter Summary
• Appendix: The WJ IV Gf-Gc Composite and Its Use in the Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities
• Origins of the Gf-Gc Composite in Contemporary CHC Theory
• The General Intellectual Ability (GIA) Compared to the Gf-Gc Composite
• The Gf-Gc Composite as a Measure of Intellectual Development
• Gf-Gc Composite/Other Ability Comparison Procedure in Specific Learning Disability Determination
• Use of the Gf-Gc Composite in SLD-Identification Models
• Summary and Discussion
• Notes
• References
• About the Authors
• About the Contributors
• Index
• End User License Agreement