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Pupils designated retarded by their teachers score below grade-and-sex standards on the alertness tests

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Evidence · 1 study · design r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 1917 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? For pupils reported on Exceptional Child Reports as retarded, every grade record fell below the standard for the grade and sex, for both boys and girls. → L. W. Sackett 1917

Evidence

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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Analysis of teacher Exceptional Child Reports (table XI) compared designated retarded pupils' T-1 and T-2 quotients with grade-and-sex standards; the finding is reported descriptively with no effect size.

"In Table XI the report on retarded pupils, every grade record is below the standard for the grade and sex."

Discussion

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title Pupils designated retarded by their teachers score below grade-and-sex standards on the alertness tests
description Pupils designated retarded by their teachers score below grade-and-sex standards on the alertness tests
status review
evidence_strength moderate
newest_evidence 1917
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