HKSD allows for the differential measuring of factors of work style with pre-school and primary school pupils.
Application
The HKSD is a homogenous and objective Rasch personality test which measures the working style of pre-school and elementary school children, using material appropriate to this age group. As the test proceeds, systematic changes are made to the complexity and level of difficulty of the test items, and to the degree of motivation and feedback provided, and the child’s reaction in terms of performance capacity and working style is monitored. As well as measuring the child’s ability on the intelligence dimension of speed of percep-tion, dimensions of working style – reflectivity, adaptation to difficulty, motivatability, and adaptation to feedback – are also measured, enabling a differential analysis of the causes of problems in school performance. In addition – and in contrast to commonly used external assessment questionnaires – the test enables a psychometrically objective screening for work-style related aspects of hyperkinetic syndrome to be carried out. Suitable for children aged 5 and over.