The scale measures only the ability to recall definite facts promptly, a limited kind of historical ability¶

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q2 i? The author states the tests and resulting scale measure only a limited and specific, though not unimportant, kind of historical ability: prompt recall of definite facts. → Sackett 1922

Evidence¶

Sackett 1922¶

Sackett, L. W. (1922). A Scale in Ancient History. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://psycnet.apa.org/journals/edu

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Authors' interpretive statement from the article's discussion of what the instrument measures. The author argues this prompt recall is one of the chief marks of culture along historical lines, but the scale captures only this "limited and specific, though not an unimportant, kind of historical ability."

"The nature of the questions combined with the manner in which they were presented test only one particular phase of historical information; viz., the ability to recall definite facts promptly."

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