Reviews from Humber Learning Consortium: Practical Aptitide Tests

3 aptitude tests, with 15 questions, in 15 minutes:

• Numerical reasoning
• Verbal reasoning
• Diagrammatic reasoning

Negatives

• Far too scary for most of our learners
• Limited relevance (how many progressions / jobs require such tests?)
• Exam feel
• High level language and subject matter e.g. “abstract expressionism”
• Timer in corner adds further pressure
• Strong corporate feel (access to Graduate schemes)
• Emphasis on technique and regular practice

Possible uses

Could be useful for individual practice if someone is looking to improve numeracy / verbal reasoning
at a relatively high level

Could be used in group / informal competition situation if the learners were a well-formed group

Overall

Very limited application, which would require serious consideration before usage