Mentally defective children / by Alfred Binet and TH. Simon ; authorized translation by W. B. Drummond ; with an appendix containing the Binet-Simon tests of intelligence by Margaret Drummond and an introduction by Alexander Darroch.

  • Binet, Alfred, 1857-1911.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Mentally defective children / by Alfred Binet and TH. Simon ; authorized translation by W. B. Drummond ; with an appendix containing the Binet-Simon tests of intelligence by Margaret Drummond and an introduction by Alexander Darroch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5. Expressive.—The child shows by his intonation that he understands what he reads. We found it necessary, as may well be believed, to use not only the expressions syllabic reading, fluent reading, etc., but compound expressions, such as hesitating-fluent, fluent-expressive, and even compound expressions with accentuation of one of the epithets, as hesitating-/?wewf. This is very useful in practice. We have stated that the scale of reading was founded on experiments made by M. Vaney at the end of the school year. We have modified it slightly in consequence of experiments made by ourselves in February. It may be of interest to give here the table arranged by M. Vaney. It has been arranged not by age, but by class. Number of Children who have the Following Grades of Beading. Totals. None. Sylla- bic. Hesi- tating. Fluent. Bxpres sive. Infant 12 26 2 40 Elementary (first year).. 5 32 4 41 (second year) 24 11 2 37 Intermediate (first year) 15 18 8 41 (second year) 10 19 9 38 (second year) 8 11 15 34 Senior 6 35 40 Totals 12 31 91 68 69 271 We shall now give some hints as to the method of pro- cedure. Reading is a test which requires only a minute. One chooses a text which the children can understand easily, preferabl}^ a lively piece with dialogue, so that one may judge more easily whether the pupil can read with ex- pression. One should avoid prolonging the reading for more than forty-five seconds, for a young child tires quickly