Poorest and best students differed most in speed-of-association tests but little in Marble Statue and Substitution tests¶

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q2 i? Comparing eight freshmen with class averages of 90 or above against eight below 75, the poorer students scored lower in Opposites, Part-Whole and Genus-Species but differed little in Marble Statue and Substitution and were favored in Cancellation. → Sunne 1917

Evidence¶

Sunne 1917¶

Sunne, Dagny. (1917). The Relation of Class Standing to College Tests. The Journal of Educational Psychology, VIII(4), 193-211. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0071727

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Comparison of the sixteen students in Table V (eight poorest, eight best by class standing) across the test battery; the article reports the quoted pattern and suggests a conflict between quickness and accuracy in discrimination and learning tasks.

"It is evident that the poorer students have a lower average in Opposites, Part-Whole and Genus-Species, most decidedly in the latter; that they differ very little from the better students in the Marble Statue and Substitution tests, and that the scores and the average in the Cancellation test are in their favor."

Discussion¶

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