Eleven WJ-R tests are identified in Table 8 as good measures of some aspect of memory or learning. Numbers Reversed may also be interpreted as a measure of working memory . The next four tests in Table 8 are variously identified as measures of new learning, long-term retrieval, or associational memory . Both tests require learning new material with corrective feedback provided whenever the examinee makes an error. Both of these tests require learning a series of procedures to solve puzzles.
Corrective feedback is provided whenever the examinee makes an error.
These two tests will be described later as Reasoning and Problem-Solving tasks. Measures the ability to remember and repeat simple words, phrases, and sentences presented auditorily by a tape player. A measure of working memory. Measures the ability to recognize a subset of previously presented pictures within a larger set of pictures. Measures the subject s knowledge in various areas of the biological and physical sciences.