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cognitive assessment  

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  • The subject of cognitive assessment encompasses a multitude of related topics: classroom observation, testing, grading, intelligence, IQ, learning, education, and development, to name just a few. Cognitive assessment is also of special interest to applied developmental science because individuals, young and old, will be advantaged or disadvantaged by the quality of their nation's policies and practices in this area. [Source: Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science; Assessment, Cognitive]

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