The tests had diagnostic value, corroborating teachers' experience and illuminating difficult cases¶
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q2 i? Test results in every case bore out the experience of the teachers and often threw light on difficulties encountered with more difficult cases in regular class work. → Carrie Bansom Squire 1910
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Carrie Bansom Squire 1910¶
Carrie Bansom Squire. (1910). Graded Mental Tests. Part III. Judgment, Conclusions and Summary of Results. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Graded+Mental+Tests+Squire
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Diagnostic evaluation in which supervisors and teachers gave the experimenter no hints before testing, and outcomes were discussed with teachers afterward. The author reports results "bore out the experience of the teachers" in every case.
"My results in every case bore out the experience of the teachers, and often threw light on difficulties that had been encountered when dealing with the more difficult cases in regular class work."
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The tests had diagnostic value, corroborating teachers' experience and illuminating difficult cases |
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The tests had diagnostic value, corroborating teachers' experience and illuminating difficult cases |
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