Diagnostic tools for assessment of cognitive functioning in children and youth – the implementation project

Sylwia Bedyńska

SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8255-1946

Dorota Campfield

Uniwersytet Warszawski
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3555-3540

Radosław Kaczan

SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2307-3216

Magdalena Kaczmarek

SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1707-0403

Tomasz Knopik

Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5253-7545

Magdalena Kochańska

Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych w Warszawie
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8277-0409

Grażyna Krasowicz-Kupis

Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5374-6872

Izabela Krejtz

SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9827-8371

Anna Orylska

SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3853-1806

Beata Papuda-Dolińska

Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych w Warszawie
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8872-0357

Piotr Rycielski

SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6531-6119

Klara Rydzewska

SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5683-6320

Grzegorz Sędek

SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8932-0868

Magdalena Smoczyńska

Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych w Warszawie
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2076-8933

Katarzyna Wiejak

Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych w Warszawie
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1652-6106


Abstract

Purpose
The aim of this article is to present the application value of a diagnostic toolkit for assessment of cognitive functions based on a proprietary Multidimensional Model of Cognitive Functioning which combines executive functions with the field of perception, language, and communication.

Theses
The developed tools assess the level of executive functions (attention control, working memory, cognitive flexibility, and reasoning), the speed of perceptual processes, as well as linguistic functions in terms of speech- and writing-based communication.

Conclusions
All tasks have been prepared in a computer-based version. The innovativeness of the proposed battery of tests stems from the fact that the adopted model creates a coherent theoretical framework for the entire spectrum of functions describing the effectiveness of cognitive processing in people of different ages and varying educational needs. In the context of the tools available in psychological and pedagogical counselling centres, this technically advanced tool will be the first test available on the Polish market covering such a broad spectrum of cognitive functions. The tool has been designed to enable the diagnosis of diverse groups of people with special educational needs – from gifted children, through people with intellectual disabilities, visual and hearing impairments, neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. autism), and language disorders and dyslexia, to migrant children. This broad scope of application was made possible by implementing the WCAG 2.1 and universal design principles.


Keywords:

measurement tools, cognitive functions, children and youth


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Published
2021-12-21

Cited by

Bedyńska, S. ., Campfield, D., Kaczan, R., Kaczmarek, M., Knopik, T., Kochańska, M., Krasowicz-Kupis, G., Krejtz , I., Orylska, A., Papuda-Dolińska, B., Rycielski , P., Rydzewska, K., Sędek, G., Smoczyńska, M., & Wiejak, K. (2021). Diagnostic tools for assessment of cognitive functioning in children and youth – the implementation project. The Review of Psychology, 64(2), 97–111. https://doi.org/10.31648/pp.7838

Sylwia Bedyńska 
SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8255-1946
Dorota Campfield 
Uniwersytet Warszawski
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3555-3540
Radosław Kaczan 
SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2307-3216
Magdalena Kaczmarek 
SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1707-0403
Tomasz Knopik 
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5253-7545
Magdalena Kochańska 
Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych w Warszawie
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8277-0409
Grażyna Krasowicz-Kupis 
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5374-6872
Izabela Krejtz  
SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9827-8371
Anna Orylska 
SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3853-1806
Beata Papuda-Dolińska 
Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych w Warszawie
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8872-0357
Piotr Rycielski  
SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6531-6119
Klara Rydzewska 
SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5683-6320
Grzegorz Sędek 
SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8932-0868
Magdalena Smoczyńska 
Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych w Warszawie
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2076-8933
Katarzyna Wiejak 
Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych w Warszawie
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1652-6106