Measure Your Mind: The Mentimeter and How to Use ItTrabue, Marion Rex
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Measure Your Mind: The Mentimeter and How to Use It
Trabue, Marion Rex
Educational tests and measurements; Intelligence tests; Psychological tests
_Directions for Giving the Test._
_a._ As an individual test.
The individual to be tested should be seated at the left side of the
examiner at a convenient table. The examiner should show the inside of
the test blank to the candidate and should then point to the similar
figures in the explanation on the title page of the booklet. He should
then point to the large figure in the first example, possibly tracing
its outline with his pencil. Then the attention of the candidate should
be called to the parts appearing on the left-hand side. (Their outlines
may be traced if it seems desirable.) Next, a movement should be made
with the hand as though one were placing the parts upon the larger
figure. This may be repeated two or three times, pointing first to the
various parts in order and then to the large figure with a rather broad
sweep of the hand. After such a study of the situation, the examiner
should draw the proper line and exhibit a smile of pleasure at having
successfully done the thing. He should point then to the parts of the
large figure which are thus created and by jumping his pencil from one
of the parts to the corresponding part on the left, he may fairly
clearly demonstrate that he has constructed, by his line, elements which
are similar to the elements appearing at the left.
[Illustration]
Similar pantomime may be used for the second example, possibly
introducing a variation by getting a line incorrectly drawn at the first
trial, erasing it as soon as it is apparent that the parts do not
correspond exactly with the parts appearing in the problem, and
redrawing the line so that the correspondence will be exact. The pencil
should then be handed to the candidate and the pamphlet opened up for
him to begin work. The candidate should be allowed to work for four
minutes with occasional signals to “Go ahead,” “Work fast” or “Hurry
up.”
_b._ As a group test for illiterate candidates.
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