Children Above 180 IQ Stanford-Binet: Origin and DevelopmentHollingworth, Leta Stetter
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Children Above 180 IQ Stanford-Binet: Origin and Development
Hollingworth, Leta Stetter
Gifted children; Stanford-Binet Test
E was of course a conspicuous freshman because of his extreme
youth, and he was hazed by the sophomores for refusing to wear a
prescribed necktie. One of the New York newspapers commented on
his conduct under hazing as follows:
He has demonstrated that he is nevertheless a regular fellow.
He did it first by bringing about a conflict in which he himself
was the much buffeted prize of battle, and then by glorying in
his bruises instead of making them the basis of a grievance.
He is a good sport as well as a good scholar, and being both he
ought to go far.
E also participated in the class play, given in 1921, humorously
consenting to impersonate himself.
Manual work had no more charm for him at this date than it had
when he was 8 years old. That he _can_ work with his hands and
with materials when motivated is suggested by an incident connected
with the Liberty Bond drive. His teacher relates that E wanted
to pay for his own bond; so he made jelly, working at it until
very good jelly was made, and sold it for the purpose specified.
In recent years E has developed a keen interest in detective
stories.
TEACHERS' COMMENTS
Comments from E's teachers during the last five years up to this
date [[1921]] are indicative of their estimates:
The regular course of study has been so easy that he has, in
several subjects, notably English and history, accomplished a
great amount of voluntary work outside the course.
An excellent mixer with other students.
His weekly visits have been a pleasure and anticipation, and his
ability to understand without English the spoken Latin and the
authors as I have read them aloud to him has been extraordinary.
Has done very remarkable work in science, particularly in theory.
I predict for him a great scholastic record in college.
I consider it a privilege to have had something to do with
teaching him.
Possesses a _power_ in Latin that few persons ten years his
senior can boast.
Has shown devotion to the best interests of the school.
SUMMARY UP TO 1921
In the five years which have elapsed since E was first tested
mentally he has shown no tendency to become mediocre. His gifts
have not grown less; he maintains his superior status in mental
tests. As for achievement, he has passed during this interval
from the sixth grade of the elementary school, half through
the second year of college. Average children, the country over,
born when this child was born, and measuring 100 IQ when he
measured 187 IQ, are now in the seventh grade of the elementary
schools.
E still wishes to be a clergyman and to go abroad as a missionary.
To this end he interests himself especially in history, the
languages, and anthropology.
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