The Binet scale can be understood and applied by the average teacher or school principal as readily as current pedagogical tests¶

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q1 i? Applying a well planned and well written Binet guide is within the power of the average teacher or school principal, as with pedagogical tests such as those of Courtis, Ayres and Thorndike. → Lewis M. Terman and Clara Harbison Town 1917

Evidence¶

Lewis M. Terman and Clara Harbison Town 1917¶

Lewis M. Terman and Clara Harbison Town. (1917). Communications and Discussions, The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.jstor.org

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An argumentative communication opposing restricting intelligence tests to trained psychologists, comparing the Binet guide's difficulty with directions for pedagogical tests teachers are specifically urged to use. The article presents no measurement data supporting the comparison.

"I believe we shall find that to understand and apply a well planned and well written Binet guide is as much within the power of the average teacher or school principal as it is to decipher and apply with technical correctness any reasonably complete set of directions for current pedagogical tests."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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