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
In connection with the inquiry into L's adjustments upon entering
high school, Dr. Pritchard has also given him several further
tests and inventories, the results of which are as follows.
On CAVD (Levels (M-Q) his score is now 427 points, which is in
the 7th decile of the Ph.D. Matriculants at Teachers College.
On the Strong Vocational Interest Blank L's A (high) interests
coincided with those of physicians, mathematics, chemists,
psychologists, and teachers of mathematics and physical science.
His C (low) interests were on "most occupations dealing with large
groups of people: personnel manager, social science high school
teacher, purchasing agent, accountant, sales manager, real estate
salesman, life insurance salesman, office worker, Y.M.C.A.
secretary." His first choice for an occupation is mathematics
teacher on the college level. He dislikes any occupation where
there is "little opportunity to discover new facts."
On the Bernreuter "Personality Inventory" the following
characteristics were indicated: Emotional adjustment better
than average, tends to be alone, rarely asks for sympathy or
encouragement, tends to ignore advice of others, seldom worries,
rarely substitutes daydreaming for action, tends to dominate in
face-to-face situations, to be wholesomely self-confident, well
adjusted to environment, solitary, independent, and non-social.
The following records were made on the Sones-Harry High School
Achievement Test:
Language and Literature, 83
The 99th-percentile score for students completing the
first-term high school English is 75. A score of 83 falls
at the 88th percentile on norms based on 943 graduates from
a large cosmopolitan city high school.
Mathematics, 64
The score at the 99th percentile for first-term mathematics
students is given as 36. A score of 64 exceeds the scores of
98 per cent of the 943 high school graduates cited above,
and 99 per cent of 1156 college entrants.
Natural Science, 61
The 99th-percentile score for students who have had one term
of high school science is 42. A score of 61 exceeds the
scores of 96 per cent of the high school graduates.
Social Studies, 64
The 99th-percentile score for students completing one term's
work in social science is 65. A score of 64 exceeds 90 per
cent of the scores of the high school graduates.
Total Score, 272 points
A total score of 272 points exceeds the score of 95 per cent
of the group of high school graduates from a cosmopolitan
city high school.
On his own initiative, L is investigating the possibilities of
scholarships with college work in mind. He says: "I spend between
two or three hours a night on homework. I don't need to do this,
but I am aiming for a scholarship and taking it very seriously."
[1] This chapter was written by H. L. H.
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