Students in the upper and lower tenths of an intelligence test show wide divergence in the character of their work¶
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q2 i? Miss Koerth showed that there was a wide divergence in the character of work done by those who stood in the upper and lower tenths in the intelligence test. → Frank N. Freeman 1924
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Frank N. Freeman 1924¶
Frank N. Freeman. (1924). The Toronto Meeting of the Sections on Psychology and Education of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://psycnet.apa.org/search?q=Freeman%20Toronto%20Meeting%20Journal%20of%20Educational%20Psychology
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Meeting report of Koerth's study of University of Iowa students, contrasting the character of work done by students in the upper and lower tenths of the intelligence test; no statistics are printed.
"Miss Koerth showed that there was a wide divergence in the character of work done by those who stood in the upper and lower tenths in the intelligence test."
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Students in the upper and lower tenths of an intelligence test show wide divergence in the character of their work |
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Students in the upper and lower tenths of an intelligence test show wide divergence in the character of their work |
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