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
Apr. 12, 1933 Powers General Science Test: Form A
(25 per cent of first-year high
school pupils exceed this score 9-11 62 points
at end of one year instruction
in general science.)
Apr. 26, 1933 Kent-Rosanoff Association Test 9-11 9 Individual
Reactions
Woody-Cady Questionnaire indicates
supersensitiveness--thinks people
look at him, make remarks about him,
find too much fault with him, etc.
The New Stanford Achievement Test score of 18 years of Educational
Age, achieved at the Chronological Age of 9 years 8 months, broken
down into detailed sections, was as follows:
EDUCATIONAL AGE
Paragraph Meaning 17-8
Word Meaning 18-8
Dictation 16-0
Language Usage 17-2
Literature 16-8
History and Civics 19-2
Geography 20-4
Physiology and Hygiene 18-5
Arithmetic Reasoning 19-2
Aritmentic Computation 17-8
Average 17 years 11 months
The examiner remarks: "Using the IQ of 192, his Mental Age would
now be 18 years 5 months. This would give him an Achievement
Quotient of 97.3 per cent."
TRAITS OF CHARACTER
At the age of 10 years G was described by his school supervisor and
parents as prudent and self-reliant, with will power, desire for
knowledge, wish to excel, and originality. He was conscientious,
truthful, cheerful, sympathetic, and had a sense of humor. He was
modest about himself and his achievements, did not like bragging,
and reproved his younger brother for such conduct. At this time
he wore glasses for an error of refraction, had "a slight speech
impediment and a nervous mannerism." He always wanted to do
things as well as possible. He set out to improve his poor
penmanship by learning manuscript writing. He was full of questions
about scientific aspects of the things and processes he saw about
him. He had a reliable and alert memory, even for incidental
observations.
PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS
The physical measurements referred to in the 1933 mental test
["LATER TEST RECORDS, _1933_"] are as follows:
G NORMS
Standing height (in
stocking feet) 53.8 inches 53.6
Sitting height 27.7 inches
Weight (ordinary indoor
clothing except coat) 78 pounds 66.9
Right grip 14, 11, 10 kg.
Left grip 9, 9, 9 kg.
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