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
_1931_. G was given a Stanford-Binet examination by Leta S.
Hollingworth in May, 1931, within a few days of his eighth
birthday. He achieved an IQ of 192. The following comment is
included in the record:
The increase over the IQ obtained at the age of 6 is not
unusual for a very young, very bright child, although it would
be very unusual for an average child. I shall be glad to test
G again when he is about 12 years old, and when he is 16 years
old. Also his little brother.
_1933_. On April 5, 1933, at the age of 9 years 10 months, G
was again tested by Leta S. Hollingworth, perhaps as a class
demonstration. He was then in Grade 7B and his IQ is recorded
as 176 plus. The following comment is made:
Children of G's present age can no longer be reliably measured
in terms of IQ by any existing test if they have previously
scored above 185 IQ. . . . The IQ of 176 plus merely informs us
that the test has begun to "run down" in his case. . . . Next
time we test him we shall have to use a test scoring in
_points_ only, which will place him on the centile scale for
adults. . . . His physical measurements correspond closely to
the norms for boys of about 11 years.
_1934_. There is in the files a Stanford-Binet record of G taken
by Leta s. Hollingworth, March 19, 1934. His age was then 10 years
10 months and he was in Grade 8B in P.S. 208, Brooklyn. He passed
without error all the tests in the scale (Average Adult and
Superior Adult).
_Miscellaneous records_. In the McElwee report already cited the
following scores are recorded, on a variety of scales, covering
a two-year period (1931-1933).
DATE TEST AGE SCORE
May 5, 1931 Stanford-Binet 8-0 192
Oct. 7, 1931 Porteus Maze 8-5 12 years
Healy Picture Completion 13 years
Porteus Form and Assemblying 8 years
Thorndike-McCall Reading: Form B 6B Grade
Stanford Achievement Test: Form A,
Arithmetic Computation 8A Grade
Trabue Language Completion, Alpha 15-10 years
May 18, 1932 Elementary Reading, Los Angeles,
Form 3 9-0 12A Grade
Arithmetic Fundamentals, Los
Angeles, Form 4 9A Grade
Woody-McCall Spelling, List 5 9B Grade
Trabue Language Completion, Beta 16-4 years
Jan. 6, 1933 New Stanford Achievement Test
Form V 9-8 18 years
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