DS6 is taking the WISC (I think--we have not been told what the test is, but it is an individual IQ test administered by the school that will take about 2 hours) soon. I am confident that he is gifted, but not confident he will test well. He has not faced much challenge in his young life, and also has a tendency to fall apart into tears when things get hard. I think he does this much more with his parents than with other adults, but I don't know.
Unfortunately, the stakes here are high. He needs to get into the gifted magnet his sister attends (must score 130+), or we are facing some difficult/expensive choices. We put our eggs in this basket last year, but knew it was a risk. Hoping it was not a poor choice. Everyone at school seems sure he is gifted as well, but a test is a test.
I don't have much time (the school did not give us much warning), but any tips on helping him show his skills? My worries are twofold: 1) He will throw out careless answers because the kinds of tests he is used to consist of being asked to count three balls, etc; 2) He will freak out and lose his marbles when he gets to the first question that is really hard.
I don't really know anything about the WISC. DD took a different test.
ETA: I certainly do not want to prep him. I am worried about emotional/psychological aspects of testing. I have heard that some of the school testers are great and some are bad. Of course, no idea who he'll get.
Last edited by ultramarina; 06/15/14 06:29 AM. Reason: clarity
