Quality of work rather than time consumed proved the most reliable measure of intelligence across the battery¶
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q2 i? Throughout the tests, quality of work done rather than the time consumed proved the most reliable measure of intelligence. → 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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The author's comparative evaluation of the test battery, which also found the linguistic tests of constructive ability more valuable than the mechanical ones and the definition series the clearest revealer of progress in intelligence.
"Throughout the tests quality of work done rather than the time consumed proved the most reliable measure of intelligence."
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Quality of work rather than time consumed proved the most reliable measure of intelligence across the battery |
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Quality of work rather than time consumed proved the most reliable measure of intelligence across the battery |
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