Semantic Word Learning Test [SWLT-16]

Semantic Word Learning Test [SWLT-16]

Description

The Semantic Word Learning Test (SWLT-16) assesses verbal learning and memory using a list of 16 semantically organized items. The items are presented repeatedly, and performance is examined through short-delay recall, long-delay recall, perseverations, intrusions, and recognition. The test is based on the structure of the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT) and includes three equivalent forms for repeated administration.

Purpose

The test is designed to assess verbal memory, learning curves, information storage, retrieval, and processing strategies, particularly when evaluating the ability to learn semantically organized verbal material.

Scoring

Performance is evaluated according to the learning curve, recall and recognition accuracy, perseverations, intrusions, and conceptual strategies. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses can be performed.

Validity and Reliability

Full psychometric validation is still under development. The test is based on established international methodologies such as the CVLT. Specific reliability coefficients for this version have not yet been published, although the three parallel forms are intended to support repeated assessment.

Use

The SWLT-16 may be used in clinical and research settings to assess memory disorders, verbal learning, processing strategies, and cognitive changes during intervention or rehabilitation programs.

References

Delis, D. C., Kramer, J. H., Kaplan, E., & Ober, B. A. (1987). California Verbal Learning Test: Adult Version. The Psychological Corporation.

Emmanuel, A., & Kosmidis, M. H. (2007). The Greek Word List Learning Test: Normative Data. 9th European Conference of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki.

Folia, V., & Kosmidis, M. H. (2003). Assessment of memory skills in illiterates: Strategy differences or test artifacts? The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 17, 143–152.