Test tasks requiring analysis, selection and organization of elements give better predictive results per unit cost than simpler tasks¶

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Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 1921 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Tasks requiring efficiency in analyzing situations into elements, selecting and weighting elements, and organizing many things together give better results per dollar or hour of cost. → E. L. Thorndike and L. M. Terman 1921

Evidence¶

E. L. Thorndike and L. M. Terman 1921¶

E. L. Thorndike and L. M. Terman. (1921). Intelligence and Its Measurement. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://archive.org/search?query=Journal+of+Educational+Psychology+1921

q2 · i? · theoretical · r2

Thorndike's symposium essay asserts, as the author's judgment rather than a reported study, that analytic and organizing tasks "seem to give much better results per dollar or hour of cost", and that they perhaps sum up simpler associative processes; a straightforward information test is also valuable.

"tasks which require efficiency in analyzing a situation into elements, selecting and weighting elements to fit a problem and organization or thinking many things together seem to give much better results per dollar or hour of cost."

Discussion¶

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