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Purpose
Examines the underlying neurodevelopmental processes that support proficient math skills
Authors
Steven G. Feifer, DEd; Professional Manual by Steven G. Feifer, DEd, and Heddy Kovach Clark, PhD
Administration Formats
Additional Details
The FAM Helps You Identify the Specific Subtype of Dyscalculia and Recommends Math Interventions
The FAM is a comprehensive assessment of mathematics designed to examine the underlying neurodevelopmental processes that support the acquisition of proficient math skills. It is unique in that it helps you identify specific subtypes of dyscalculia to help inform intervention decision making.
Features and benefits
- Comprises 19 individual subtests measuring various aspects of math fact retrieval, numeric and spatial memory, perceptual estimation skills, linguistic math concepts, and core number sense development.
- Assists practitioners in not only determining the presence of a general math learning disability (MLD) but also in determining the specific subtype of dyscalculia in order to better inform intervention decision making.
- Can be used in conjunction with more traditional achievement tests (e.g., the AAB) that measure overall math performance.
- Based on a neuropsychological paradigm, which dictates that multiple neural pathways underscore various cognitive processes used in mathematical problem solving.
- Examinees in prekindergarten take nine subtests, examinees in kindergarten to Grade 2 take 14 subtests, and examinees in Grade 3 to college take 18 subtests.
- The FAM Interpretive Report on PARiConnect provides scores for all 19 subtests and includes detailed interpretations of index, index discrepancy, and subtest scores along with targeted math interventions based on current research tailored to the student's age and FAM scores. View the FAM sample report.
- In-Person e-Stimulus Books and Kits are convenient alternatives to paper administration that allow you to administer the FAM face-to-face via tablet. Please download PAR's white paper prior to administering.
- Read our white paper to learn more about using built-in skills, error, and behavior analyses with the FAR and the FAM to help you develop even more effective reading and math interventions.
- A separate Screening Form, ideal for progress monitoring, permits you to screen for dyscalculia and MLD and to identify the needs of at-risk students.
- If you are working within an RTI model or other treatment scenarios in which you wish to track progress over time, the Reliable Change Report can prove useful. After you administer the FAM more than one time to the same examinee (we recommend at least 30 days apart), you can track changes in performance for each subtest and index score. To generate a Reliable Change Report digitally, first enter your item responses into PARiConnect and then run an Interpretive or a Score Report. The second step is to generate the no-cost "Reliable Change" report. If you are hand scoring, page 4 of the Examiner Record Form provides space to calculate reliable change by hand.
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FAQs
What is the technical information for the FAM?
Test structure
- Yields three index scores representing each dyscalculia subtype (Verbal Index, Procedural Index, and Semantic Index) as well as a Total Index score that represents total test performance.
- The Verbal Index score is a measure of automatic fact retrieval and the linguistic components of math.
- The Procedural Index score is a measure of a student's ability to count, order, and sequence numbers or mathematical procedures.
- The Semantic Index score is a measure of visual—spatial and conceptual components, including magnitude representation, patterns and relationships, higher-level mathematical problem solving, and number sense.
- Choose to administer the full battery, only the subtests associated with an individual index, or only individual subtests.
- Reliable change and discrepancy scores can be calculated.
- Examinees in prekindergarten take nine subtests, examinees in kindergarten to Grade 2 take 14 subtests, and examinees in Grade 3 to college take 18 subtests.
Technical information
- Offers grade-based normative data (with age proxies provided); age and grade equivalents and percentiles for subtest scores; and confidence intervals, percentile ranks, z scores, and normal curve equivalents (NCEs) for index scores.
- Subtest and index scores are scaled to the familiar IQ metric (M = 100; SD = 15).
- Standardized on a sample of 1,061 examinees in prekindergarten to college drawn from more than 30 states and based on 2013 U.S. Census statistics.
Video - What are the advantages of administering the FAW, FAR, and FAM together?
When the FAW, FAR, and FAM are used together, you get valuable information in less time that allows you to more holistically assess your students for reading, writing, and math disorders. Based on a neuropsychological theory of reading, writing, and math, the Feifer family of products reveals the root of your student's struggles and generates interpretive reports to aid in your intervention decision making. Hear more from test author Dr. Steve Feifer in this video.
Video - A case study of Jason who was administered the FAM to obtain a deep understanding of why he was struggling in math
In this video, Dr. Steven Feifer shares a compelling case study of Jason, a middle school student who began struggling with math. Jason passed all standard achievement and intelligence tests, meaning that traditional measures would have ruled out any additional difficulties. However, administering the FAM displayed where Jason had specific trouble with math, leading to improved interventions that supported his academic success.
Video - Why should you integrate the FAR, FAW and FAM into your practice?
Teachers, parents, and students want more than what competing tests of reading, writing, and math offer. The Feifer family of products is designed to work together to get to the heart of the struggle and answer why a student is struggling with learning. Learn about the advantages of integrating the FAR, FAM, and FAW into your practice from test author Dr. Feifer in this video.
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