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
Samples of X’s tests in reading are reproduced in Figures 6, 7, and 8,
in order that an accurate idea may be conveyed of his growth in power to
gain meaning from the printed page.
X’s account of a week’s reading, reproduced in Figure 9 (page 86), gives
an idea of the amount of outside reading regularly done, and at the same
time an idea of proficiency in writing and spelling words, attained in
January, 1922.
A partial list of books read for pleasure, on his own initiative by X,
between December, 1921, and May, 1922, gives an idea of the practice he
had in silent reading outside of formal instruction. This is presented
on page 85, as follows.
[Illustration:
FIG. 6—Part 1.
The five parts of Figure 6 show how X improved as measured by Trabue’s
“Language Scale A,” from Feb., 1918, to Dec., 1921.
]
[Illustration:
FIG. 6—Part 2.
]
[Illustration:
FIG. 6—Part 3.
]
[Illustration:
FIG. 6—Part 4.
]
[Illustration:
FIG. 6—Part 5.
]
[Illustration:
FIG. 7—Part 1.
The two parts of Figure 7 show X’s improvement in silent reading, from
April 15, 1921, to Dec. 2, 1921, as measured by Thorndike-McCall
“Reading Scale,” Form 1.
(On the latter date, X answered 23 questions correctly, scoring 52
points, which is the norm for the end of grade 6B.)
]
[Illustration:
FIG. 7—Part 2.
]
[Illustration:
FIG. 8.—Showing X’s ability to get meaning from printed words, in May,
1922, as tested by Haggerty’s “Sigma 1,” for grades 1 to 3. This
does not represent X’s maximum ability, but is presented as a sample
of his work on this scale.
]
_Two Young Patriots._ E. T. Tomlinson.
_Ralph on the Overland Express._ Allen Chapman.
_Scouts of Stonewall._ J. A. Altsheler.
_Army Boys on the Firing Line._ Homer Randall.
_Among the Malays._ G. A. Henty.
_Ralph in the Rocky Mountains._ Allen Chapman.
_The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point._ Quincey Allen.
_Huckleberry Finn._ Mark Twain.
_Andy at Yale._ Roy E. Stokes.
_Adventures of Sherlock Holmes._ Conan Doyle.
Repeated mental tests of X resulted as follows:
Stanford-Binet│Feb. 14, 1918. M. A. 9–9. IQ 85.[11]
„ │Dec. 5, 1919. M. A. 11–3. IQ 85.
„ │Jan. 6, 1922. M. A. 12–7. IQ 82.
Pintner’s “Scale of Performance Tests.” Dec. 26, 1919. Median M. A.
11–0.
Healy’s “Pictorial Completion No. I.” 446 points. (11-year
performance). Dec. 26, 1919.
Healy’s “Pictorial Completion No. II.” 55 points. Dec. 26, 1919.
Stenquist “Mechanical Tests,” Series I. Feb. 3, 1922. Raw Score, 54
points. T score, 61.
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