Abnotivity Level Assessment Test

How the Scales are Structured
Who Usually Takes This Test?
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Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Example Questions From the Test
- Yes
- Rather yes than no
- Rather no than yes
- No
- Yes
- Rather yes than no
- Rather no than yes
- No
- Yes
- More yes than no
- More no than yes
- No
Abnotivity Level Assessment Test - Description and methodology of the test
Educators who want to examine how their professional responses are classified can use the Abnotivity Level Assessment Test to review a focused self-report profile. It is intended for teachers who want to understand how their answer pattern is placed within the assessment’s risk categories. This abnotivity assessment produces a concise pattern to interpret alongside everyday teaching experience.
What This Test Measures
Rather than treating the item themes as the scale itself, the assessment uses situations involving curiosity, professional development, creative self-expression, discussion, individualized support, conflict handling, and student initiative. Its response pattern is used to assess the teacher’s tendency to exhibit inadequate or unusual forms of behavior in professional activity.
This teacher abnotivity profile helps educators review practice where adapting explanations, noticing learner needs, and cultivating independent students matter.
The assessment reports one scale: Abnotivity Level: 0-10, which measures the teacher’s level of abnotivity; higher scores indicate a lower level of abnotivity. Abnotivity reflects a tendency to exhibit inadequate or unusual forms of behavior in professional activity. The displayed bands are Low risk 0-3, Moderate risk 4-7, and High risk 8-10. The score shows how this response pattern is classified within the questionnaire, not a complete portrait of the person.
Methodology and Evidence Base
Each statement offers four ordered responses, moving from Yes through yes/no alternatives to No. The questionnaire presents a 0-10 result, but it does not specify how many points each choice adds; no scoring rule should be inferred from that range.
The sampled statements suggest several practical themes:
- Curiosity and professional learning show whether the respondent seeks knowledge and pursues growth.
- Creative teaching reflects openness to unconventional methods, discussion, games, and self-expression.
- Student-centered practice and classroom judgment describe attention to individual needs, feedback, grading, conflict resolution, and shared responsibility.
The closest named source is the method described by Adusheva and Kashapov (2003). Later work by Kashapov links abnotivity with professional thinking and gifted-learner support. The online abnotivity questionnaire is conceptually consistent with that framework, but it is not documented as an independently standardized adaptation with reported norms, reliability, or validity estimates.
The result is best treated as structured self-reflection: workload, self-awareness, and socially desirable responding may influence answers, so the band is most useful alongside concrete teaching examples.
- Adusheva, Yu. A., & Kashapov, M. M. (2003). How to determine the abnotivity of a higher-education teacher. In Proceedings of the All-Russian Scientific Conference Dedicated to the 200th Anniversary of Yaroslavl State University Named After P. G. Demidov (pp. 71-73). Yaroslavl State University.
- Kashapov, M. M. (2019). Abnotivity as a characteristic of professional thinking of a teacher. Bulletin of Udmurt University. Philosophy, Psychology, and Pedagogy, 29(2), 137-147. 10.35634/2412-9550-2019-29-2-137-147.
- Kashapov, M. M., & Adusheva, Yu. A. (2004). Abnotivity as a teacher quality significant for working with gifted students of different ages. Gifted Child, 6, 48-50.
- Kashapov, M. M. (2006). Psychology of the Creative Thinking of the Professional. Moscow: Per Se. 688 pp. ISBN 5-9292-0161-7.
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