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The relative difficulty of the two tasks reverses from fifth to seventh grade, with seventh graders scoring distinctly lower on the exercise test

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q2 i? In the large city system, sixth-grade scores on the two tests were almost equal, while in the seventh grade results were more scattered and distinctly lower on the second test. → L. W. Sackett 1917

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L. W. Sackett 1917

L. W. Sackett. (1917). Tests for Mental Alertness. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://books.google.com/books?q=%22Tests+for+Mental+Alertness%22

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Grade-by-school comparison of Test 1 (learning and reproduction) and Test 2 (questions and exercises) quotients in one large city; the pattern is reported descriptively from tables VIII–X with no effect size.

"In the sixth, however, the scores are almost equal for the two tests, while in the seventh grade, results are not only more scattered but are distinctly lower on the second test."

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title The relative difficulty of the two tasks reverses from fifth to seventh grade, with seventh graders scoring distinctly lower on the exercise test
description The relative difficulty of the two tasks reverses from fifth to seventh grade, with seventh graders scoring distinctly lower on the exercise test
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evidence_strength moderate
newest_evidence 1917
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