Manual of mental and physical tests : a book of directions compiled with special reference to the experimental study of school children in the laboratory or classroom / by Guy Montrose Whipple.
- Guy Montrose Whipple
- Date:
- 1910
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Manual of mental and physical tests : a book of directions compiled with special reference to the experimental study of school children in the laboratory or classroom / by Guy Montrose Whipple. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![nosis of the grade of intelligence of a backward or abnormal child by means of 30 tests of a simple, but precise character, suffi- ciently varied in type to explore all the important phases of intel- lectual capacity (with special reference to judgment—good sense, initiative, adaptability), and of such a kind as to permit an intel- ligent investigator to form an independent estimate of the child’s mental equipment. The tests are designed to measure native ability rather than erudition or scholastic attainment. They are to be administered individually, with suitable precautions to insure the goodwill and active cooperation of the child, and to avoid restraint or timidity. The tests are first applied to selected normal children of from 3 to 11 years of age and the in- sufficiency or retardation of abnormal or backward children is later estimated by comparison of their results with those of the normal children. Materials.—For No. 1: matches. For Nos. 2-5: a small piece of milk chocolate, a small piece of white wood of similar dimensions, and a piece of paper in which the chocolate may be wrapped. For No. 7: three familiar objects, e.g., a piece of string, a cup, a key. For Nos. 8 and 9: a set of 8 colored pictures, representing familiar scenes. [These lithographs are reproductions of illustra- tions in the “Jingleman Jack” book, and have been selected by Goddard as being specially adapted for the testing of defective children.] For Nos. 10 and 13: two sheets of heavy white paper, each 15 X 20 cm; on one sheet two straight black lines, about 0.5 mm. wide, one 40, one 30 mm. long, drawn end on end, 5 mm. apart; on the other, two lines, each 40 mm. long, similarly placed. For Nos. 12, 22, and 23: five cubical boxes, about 23 mm. in size and all of the same color, but loaded with shot so that they weigh 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 grams, respectively. They are marked incon- spicuously, so that their weights are not known to S. For No. 17: two sets each consisting of 12 pictures1 of familiar objects, mounted on a single sheet of cardboard. 1 Binet and Simon used 13 pictures, Decroly and Degand three groups of 8 pictures each.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28083179_0500.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
