Busca por evidências de validade do teste de inteligência não-verbal (Toni-3) para escolares surdos

• Autor(a) principal: Barbosa, Anna Carolina Cassiano
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações do Mackenzie
• Texto Completo: http://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/22596
• topic: inteligência; surdos; testes não-verbais; testes computadorizados; TONI-3; intelligence; deaf; nonverbal tests; computer tests; TONI-3; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA

The assessment of intelligence in deaf children has been a challenge for psychologists since deafness bring many consequences for the cognitive development of these children. The lack of appropriate tools to this population has done with the deaf are considered disabled when compared with hearing pairs. Thus, studies that consider the impact of deafness in the cognitive development of these children are important, as they may bring a new understanding of the cognitive peculiarities of these subjects. This work was aimed at seeking validity evidences of the Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (TONI-3) for deaf schools by the following criteria of validity: the instrument in relation to external variables: age, education, gender, type of deafness and communication; the index of correlation between the items and the test scores, and correlation between the version pencil and paper with the computer. 205 deaf people were examined of both sexes, with average age of 14 years and that attended the fundamental classes of 4 public schools. Results showed no differences in sex for the two versions of the test. Growing function was observed in total score in the two versions of the test with increasing age and school series, indicating evidence of developmental validity. As to the type of deafness, nonsignificant differences were found in the test scores. With regard to the mode of communication used, but the deaf that speech has obtained higher scores on TONI-3, this difference was nonsignificant. The results also showed good consistency of the items when compared to Brazilian standards for hearing, and positive correlations between the two versions of the test. Thus, the data found show the viability of the TONI-3 to evaluate the intelligence of deaf children.