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
His ability in academic work seems well distributed, though
strongest in mathematics. For this grade he is markedly low
in art and industrial work; but he would be average in second
grade, where his age would under ordinary circumstances place
him. His artistic feeling is all for music and literature. He is
moderately interested in drawing, but doesn't like modeling
and does not want to draw unless it is for some special purpose,
or because everybody else is doing so and it is the social thing
to do. For example, he has made posters and designs for holiday
cards, which, while very crude, had an idea to express and
were suitable for their purpose. He enjoys shopwork and here
does better technically than in other types of handwork. I
think he is rather clumsy with his hands, even for his age,
though not much below the average child. With his mental
ability he can learn to do anything in which his interest is
aroused.
This ability to attack any sort of problem is shown in his
physical work. He makes an excellent effort and comprehends
what is to be done, but in bodily coördination, in muscular
strength, and in rhythmic response he would rank in the lower
half of a second grade. _From a specially requested report
of a classroom teacher, June 20, 1922_.
In short, I am fully convinced that A requires most of all
training which will develop a proper harmony and rhythm between
mind and body. _From the report of the instructor in the special
boys' group, to which A belonged, outside of school, April
19, 1922_.
A's teachers seem to hold the universal opinion that he is not
doing well in his work unless prodded or specially urged. It
was to be expected that the handwork, such as art and shopwork,
would be hard for him, but he seems to do poor work and at the
same time to be entirely satisfied with it, his teachers say.
Miss B finds he is not an observer of nature, but rather
inclined to tell what he has read in books.
However, on the academic side, in French and the regular
classroom studies, he seems to require the same prodding. His
sleepiness and inattention are quite marked at times. When
aroused, I find him capable of good thinking, and excellent
memory work. I have been afraid to overstimulate him, but
in order to accomplish the work of the fifth grade creditably
we must develop in him more of a feeling of responsibility on
his own account. His immaturity shows rather clearly in some
of these respects. Of course his work is more than passing,
because of the fine coöperation at home and his own vigorous
response when sufficiently urged. _From a report of a classroom
teacher, for September 18, 1922, to January 31, 1923_.
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