Measure Your Mind: The Mentimeter and How to Use ItTrabue, Marion Rex
Science
Measure Your Mind: The Mentimeter and How to Use It
Trabue, Marion Rex
Educational tests and measurements; Intelligence tests; Psychological tests
10. If a centimeter is more than half as long as an inch, write in the
square the number of inches in a yard. If a meter is more than three
feet, then write in the circle the number of meters in a kilometer.
○ □
11. If the oscillations of a pendulum were not facilitated by any
other force than gravity, what would be the effect upon their
amplitude? Check the best reply:
It would gradually be
☐ augmented.
☐ flagellated.
☐ diminished.
☐ swaged.
12. If ontogeny invariably ingeminates phylogeny, circumscribe the
word giving the location of the OURCQ; if not, underscore the word
that locates the MANDIBLE.
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_Directions for Scoring the Test._
The score is the number of directions which were perfectly obeyed
without error. A failure to do any part of the thing directed or the
performance of extra things not asked should act to withhold credit for
an element. The total number of credits should be entered in the lower
right-hand corner of the title page of the test leaflet.
Scores from 0 to 2 indicate Inferior Ability
Scores from 3 to 5 indicate Low Average Ability
Scores from 6 to 8 indicate Average Ability
Scores from 9 to 10 indicate High Average Ability
Scores from 11 to 12 indicate Superior Ability
MENTIMETER NO. 21
READING: INTERPRETATION
_Character of the Test._
This test is a specially devised method of determining the ability of an
individual to secure from the printed page the ideas which are expressed
in sentences and paragraphs. It is probable that no single test of
reading can be devised which would measure all phases of the subject
equally well. This particular test attempts to measure the special
ability to interpret the meanings of sentences and paragraphs, although
it assumes that the words of which these larger units are composed are
recognized and understood by the reader.
The test is arranged with very simple sentences at the beginning
followed by more and more difficult sentences until at the last there
are statements the meaning of which very intellectual people might fail
to grasp at first sight. The questions which are asked regarding the
paragraphs likewise increase in difficulty so that the ultimate score
obtained by the candidate indicates rather distinctly how difficult are
the sentences or paragraphs he is able to understand and answer
questions about.
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