Special talents and defects : $b Their significance for educationHollingworth, Leta Stetter
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Special talents and defects : $b Their significance for education
Hollingworth, Leta Stetter
Educational psychology; Educational tests and measurements; Exceptional children
Bernfield, S., 166, 181.
Binet, A., 21, 24, 34, 35, 46, 96, 128, 139, 163.
Binet-Simon tests, 190.
Boggs, L., 171, 181.
Brachiometer, 186.
Brain, localization, 49 f.;
injury to, 53 f.
Broca; P. P., 51.
Broca’s area, 51, 56.
Bronner, A. F., 65, 94, 96, 119.
Brown, W., 47, 118, 140.
Bryan, W. L., 128, 140.
Burt, C., 32, 47, 69, 96, 209.
Buswell, G. T., 96.
Cameron, E. H., 210.
Capacities, relationship among, 11;
decay of, 20.
Capacity, definition of, 4.
Carman, E. K., 113.
Charters, W. W., 113.
Childs, H. G., 163.
Clark, E., 210.
Clemesha, I. C., 63, 96.
Cobb, M. V., 117, 121, 138, 140.
Coefficient of correlation, 11;
interpretation of, 12;
negative, 16;
derived from chance combination, 29 ff.;
derived from biological coherence, 31.
Collar, D. J., 117, 140.
Color blindness, 153.
Common factor, 15.
Compensatory distribution, demand for, 9;
not found, 34.
Comprehension, in reading, 61 f.
Copp, E. F., 175, 181.
Correlation, coefficient of, 11;
between ability to spell and IQ, 13;
in various groups, 18;
of abilities of dements, 21 ff.;
between ability to read and IQ, 57;
between ability in arithmetic and IQ, 114;
between ability in drawing and IQ, 146 f.;
between ability in music and IQ, 168 f.;
between mechanical ability and IQ, 190.
Cortex, 50 f.
Coy, G., 201.
Defects, special. _See_ Special defects.
Dementia paralytica, 20 f.
Democracy, human nature and, 199 f., 210.
Dice, 29 ff.
Disorganizing minds, study of, 19 ff.
Distribution of ability, 9.
Downey, J. E., 195.
Drawing, various kinds of, 141 f.;
ramifications of, 143;
analysis of talent for, 143 f.
Earle, E. L., 105, 113.
Edgren, J. G., 181.
Elderton, E., 147, 163.
Elliott, C. H., 210.
Evanston schools, experimentation in, 145.
Eye-movements, in reading, 61.
Eyes, defects of, 59.
Fernald, G. M., 69, 90, 96.
Fildes, L. G., 95, 96.
Fischlovitz, A., 146, 163.
Fisk, S., 74.
Franzen, R., 210.
Freeman, F. N., 67, 96.
Galton, F., 11, 91.
Gates, A. I., 61, 62, 69, 96, 98.
Gatewood, E. L., 167, 181.
Gaw, E. A., 181.
General factor, 15.
General intelligence, versus special aptitudes, 14;
measurement of, 34 ff.;
relation to reading, 57;
to spelling, 100;
to arithmetic, 114;
to drawing, 146 f.;
to musical talent, 168 f.;
to mechanical ability, 190;
to leadership, 193;
to school progress, 200.
Gillingham, A., 140.
Gordon, H., 188, 195.
Gowin, E. B., 195.
Gray, W. S., 67, 90, 96.
Habits, arithmetical, 120;
methods of detecting, 121.
Haggerty’s scale, 84.
Hansen, C. F., 167, 181.
Hart, B., 22, 23, 24, 47.
Head, H., 51, 56.
Heredity, of mental endowment, 3, 10;
of arithmetical abilities, 137 f.;
of talent in drawing, 158;
of musical talent, 175;
of left-handedness, 185.
Hierarchy, of abilities, 15, 29;
derived by chance, 29 ff.;
of habits in arithmetic, 120.
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