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
[The word defined is written as "Ob(b)iquicki(e)us" (the
"e" is circled, perhaps suggesting a later revision to combine
the "o" and "e") The definition which follows is: "Obiquickeous
is a cube sensibilitant word. One of the most important words.
It is an adj. and a noun."]
_Invention of games_. D has invented many games. To illustrate
this aspect of his mental capacity, there are his designs for
three-handed and four-handed checkers. [4] D held that these would
be better games than two-handed checkers because they are more
complicated. A description of the games invented by D, together
with his mathematical calculations concerning the chances and
probabilities in each, would fill many pages.
_Calculation and mathematical ingenuity_. It is difficult to
say that D is more gifted in one mental function or group of
functions than in others, for his ability is so extraordinary
in all performances that without means of measurement one cannot
tell in which he deviates farthest from the average.
However, it is to be observed that the quantitative aspects of
experience have always played a very striking role in all his
performances. Even in dealing with color he turned to mathematics
and made his values quantitative. Throughout childhood he spent
hours playing with numerical relationships. These calculations
cover hundreds of pages. There is reproduced here a sample of such
work, chosen at random from scores of like material. There is no
doubt in the mind of the present writer [[L. S. H.]] that D could,
by practice with short-cut methods, easily become a lightning
calculator. By age of 12 years D had finished college entrance
requirements in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry,
all with high marks.
FIG. 7. Playing with numbers, Child D, age 7, to find what
number under 100 has the greatest number of factors, counts
up factors in each and awards "highest honors" to 96.
[This figure lists the numbers 86-100, and shows the numbers
factored. The winning numbers he included are 96 (6 [factors]),
48 (5), 24 (4), and 16 (4). It appears that he ranked the
"winning" numbers not according to the actual numbers of the
places (i.e., 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th places), but rather by the
order of the primes representing them, i.e., 2 is first place,
3 is second place, 5 third, and 7 fourth. Additionally, the
notes "H. C. F" and "L C. M." are to the left of the 96 and 16,
respectively, likely indicating "highest common factor" and
"lowest common multiple" of the factors of the "winning"
numbers.]
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