Taylor's Sheffield study suggests the Binet scale is broadly suitable for English children, though tests for ages 6 and 7 seem too easy and tests above 11 seem unsatisfactory.¶

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q2 i? Taylor examined 103 Sheffield children ages 5 to 14 with the 1911 scale and concluded the scale is suitable for English children, with age 6-7 tests too easy and tests above 11 unsatisfactory. → Kohs 1917

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Kohs 1917¶

Kohs, Samuel C. (1917). An Annotated Bibliography of Recent Literature on the Binet-Simon Scale (1913-1917), Part IV. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Annotated+Bibliography+of+Recent+Literature+on+the+Binet-Simon+Scale%22+Kohs

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The bibliography reports Taylor's study of Sheffield children aged 5 to 14 using the 1911 scale: "the scale is suitable for English children," though ages 6 and 7 seemed too easy and tests above 11 unsatisfactory. Taylor also discussed the pictures, problems and definitions tests, dullness and precocity, and criticized marking.

"The Sheffield results suggest that, as a whole, the scale is suitable for English children." Tests for ages 6 and 7 seem too easy. Tests above 11 seem unsatisfactory."

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