Follow the French two-stage placement plan: pedagogical examination first, then mental tests for equal mental retardation¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

For determining who is to be placed in special classes, Huey recommends the plan in Binet and Simon's Les Enfants Anormaux: "a pedagogical examination must first show a pedagogical retardation of three years, or of two years if the child is under nine. Then the mental tests are used, and only the backward children who show an equal amount of mental retardation are sent to the special classes." Binet would also send the unstables, who may show only one or two years of mental retardation.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Access to Binet and Simon's book Les Enfants Anormaux, which Huey calls extremely valuable for this purpose

Constraints¶

• Beside children whose main characteristic is mental backwardness, Binet would send the unstables to special classes

Target Learners¶

• children considered for placement in special classes for mental defectives

Target Learning Goals¶

• identifying children who belong in special classes

Claims¶

• The Binet-Simon scale measured intelligence development from ages seven to eleven with at least 96 per cent efficiency under the study's conditions [+W]

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Huey, E. B. (1911). The Binet Scale for Measuring Intelligence and Retardation. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Binet_Scale_for_Measuring_Intelligence_and_Retardation