The Psychology of ArithmeticThorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)
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The Psychology of Arithmetic
Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)
Arithmetic -- Study and teaching
Systematic tests and scales, besides defining the abilities we are to
establish and improve, are of very great service in measuring the status
and improvement of individuals and of classes, and the effects of
various methods of instruction and of study. They are thus helpful to
pupils, teachers, supervisors, and scientific investigators; and are
being more and more widely used every year. Information concerning the
merits of the different tests, the procedure to follow in giving and
scoring them, the age and grade standards to be used in interpreting
results, and the like, is available in the manuals of Educational
Measurement, such as Courtis, _Manual of Instructions for Giving and
Scoring the Courtis Standard Tests in the Three R's_ ['14]; Starch,
_Educational Measurements_ ['16]; Chapman and Rush, _Scientific
Measurement of Classroom Products_ ['17]; Monroe, DeVoss, and Kelly,
_Educational Tests and Measurements_ ['17]; Wilson and Hoke, _How to
Measure_ ['20]; and McCall, _How to Measure in Education_ ['21].
TEST 1
National Intelligence Tests.
Scale A. Form 1, Edition 1
Find the answers as quickly as you can.
Write the answers on the dotted lines.
Use the side of the page to figure on.
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1 Five cents make 1 nickel. How many nickels make a
dime? _Answer_ .....
2 John paid 5 dollars for a watch and 3 dollars for a chain.
How many dollars did he pay for the watch and chain? _Answer_ .....
3 Nell is 13 years old. Mary is 9 years old. How much
younger is Mary than Nell? _Answer_ .....
4 One quart of ice cream is enough for 5 persons. How
many quarts of ice cream are needed for 25 persons? _Answer_ .....
5 John's grandmother is 86 years old. If she lives, in
how many years will she be 100 years old? _Answer_ .....
6 If a man gets $2.50 a day, what will he be paid for six
days' work? _Answer_ .....
7 How many inches are there in a foot and a half? _Answer_ .....
8 What is the cost of 12 cakes at 6 for 5 cents? _Answer_ .....
9 The uniforms for a baseball team of nine boys cost $2.50
each. The shoes cost $2 a pair. What was the total
cost of uniforms and shoes for the nine? _Answer_ .....
10 A train that usually arrives at half-past ten was 17
minutes late. When did it arrive? _Answer_ .....
11 At 10¢ a yard, what is the cost of a piece 10-1/2 ft. long?
_Answer_ .....
12 A man earns $6 a day half the time, $4.50 a day one
fourth of the time, and nothing on the remaining days
for a total period of 40 days. What did he earn in all
in the 40 days? _Answer_ .....
13 What per cent of $800 is 4% of $1000? _Answer_ .....
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