How would a seven year old prepare for an IQ test?

Question

My daughter will be taking an IQ test to determine if she should be in the gifted classes. Is there anything we can do to prepare her for it?

Answer 1

Make sure she is well rested, awake and restored. Has lots of nutrition and is prepared to concentrate.

Answer 2

Talk to her teachers and talk to the people who run the gifted program at your school.

There really is nothing to have her do to prepare for the IQ test other than to have her well rested and well fed on the day of the test. Try not to put pressure on her to perform. Encourage her to do her best and follow the instructions. Odds are good that they will have her take a non-verbal IQ test as these are considered better since language skills don't get in the way...in other words not prejudiced based on nationality or gender.

Odds are good that there is more to entering the gifted program than just taking an IQ test. When we were having my son placed into the gifted class, we had to fill out some questions about him, the teacher had to do a recommendation and he had to take a series of tests. There was a non-verbal IQ test, a math test, a reading comprehension test and a writing test. If your daughter will have to do a writing sample, remind her that she needs a beginning, a middle and an end. Remind her to use details and to stay on topic.

The gifted program for our district starts in 2nd grade, so this is my son's first year in it. It is an adjustment for them since the work is finally challenging, but it's been a good change for him.

Answer 3

You're not supposed to "prepare" them. It's a random test for her IQ. It's supposed to be natural answers. If she has to be prepared, she most likely doesn't need to be in gifted classes. They say true intelligence comes naturally....thus the "gifted" part. We've asked that our daughter be tested too, but they refused despite her grades. So we switched schools and put her in private school now. She's not in gifted classes, but it sure is more challenging and formal and structured than public school was. She loves it. We were also told that some children truly are gifted, but they don't always test well. It puts pressure on them. It's another reason you can't prepare them. They have to know how they'll handle things.

Good luck!!

Answer 4

I don't think you are supposed to study for an IQ test. The only thing to prepare her for is just to explain to her that she will be taking this test and that she must concentrate on the test and that this is a very serious matter. Just tell her to try her best but that no matter what there is no way that she can fail or not do good on the test. Reiterate how much you love her and are proud of her. Maybe tell her that you will take her somewhere that she likes to go or do afterward.

Answer 5

Actually, no, and that's a good thing. Just be sure she has lots of rest the night before and eats a good breakfast the day of the test. Do NOT tell her this is an intelligence test or that she won't get into a gifted class if she doesn't do well. That kind of stress is sure to make her freeze up and do poorly. Also, you should know...lots of very bright children do really well in school and get into good colleges, even if they missed that gifted program by a few points. RELAX.

Answer 6

Really, I don't see how anyone could possibly "prepare" for an IQ test, since it doesn't test what a person knows. She'll be tested on the way her brain works to handle new problems, not something she can learn in advance. She'll just use her natural ability, which must be good enough if she's even being tested for this program!

Answer 7

You can take on here on the internet

But you can't really prepair for it.

They're not like SAT for example.

They are designed to see how dynamicly the mind functions.

While they do include things like math pure and written word problems, they also include 2D 3D geometrical perspective shapes in which pryamids, boxes, etc. are flattened out and mixed with other flat folds and you have to pick which one is the shown shape.

I wasn't aware that "gifted" classes were offered anymore. I was told tier classes were bigoted, which I don't agree with. When I went to school we had three tiers for math and English, I was in the slow math class, which was where I was supposed to be as my math skills are not great and I have problems with abstracts (F(x)=x2-5x) even though I program computers (real world issues give me no problems and I actually write functions like the above, but only from real world issues). My English was in the middle level, which surprised me. I was even suprised in College when I made it into English 1 while others didn't. Half my English 1 class got sent to the Composition Clinic. I didn't! OF course I'm also an illterate writer...

Answer 8

I can't believe you are asking this question. This whole thing has really gotten out of hand.

There is no way to prepare a child for an IQ test. I just recommend that she have a good nights rest before the test and that YOU not make a big deal out of it--or better yet even mention it. Your good intentioned efforts will only put unnecessary pressure on her and make her do worse on the test.

Of course, when I consider your attitude, probably you should put pressure on her. Maybe then she will get used to it--since it appears this sort of good intentioned behavior will be a constant throughout her school career.

I hope she gets accepted at Harvard.

Answer 9

you can't really prepare for an IQ test; however, just make sure he gets plenty of sleep and eats a good meal before he goes. The more calm he is, the better he will probably do.

Answer 10

I don't think you can study for an iq test. Just make sure she gets enough sleep and a good meal before hand, and DON'T PUT PRESSURE ON HER! Preferably don't even tell her she's being tested and why!

Answer 11

An IQ test actually measures the child's POTENTIAL for intellegence. There will be patterns and things of that nature on the test. It probably wouldnt hurt to expose the child to patterns and making predictions.