Methods And Results Of Testing School Children - Manual Of Tests

METHODS MB RESULTS OF TESTING SCHOOL CHILDREN MANUAL OF TESTS USED BY THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SURVEY IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NEW YOBK CITY INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL STUDIES OF THE CHILDREN TESTED BY EVELYN DEWEY EMILY CHILD BEARDSLEY RUML NEW YORK E, P. BUTTON COMPANY 681 FIFTH Copyright, By feP. WW M Of f f ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE idea of tMs survey was conceived by Lucy Sprague Mitchell who has given her constant cooperation in the de velopment of the plan. We are indebted also to William B. Grady, through whose efforts the Psychological Survey was granted permission by the Board of Education to work in the New, York Public Schools, to Margaret E, Knox for her active cooperation through two years of testing in her school, to Eleanor Hope Johnson for her services as secre tary and business manager and to the principals and teachers of the schools in which we worked for their courtesy and helpful assistance. CONTENTS PART I MENTAL TESTS CHAPTER I PAQJSS PROBLEMS AND METHODS ... 3 CHAPTER II GVNBBAL PROCBDtjra ., .., 12 OF SUBJICTS ....., .. 12 OF TESTS . . . 15 PROCJBDURB ...... is CHAPTEE III lN0XBtJCnON8 WR GlTINCl AND SCORING THB TSTS 20 CART CONSTOWTHCM . 21 NAEEATIVI PICTURRH, ... 23 OF FDRM8 30 Box 31 TllEEAWMCI, 35 NAIL DRIVING ..... 35 BdX ............. 3g COMFLWHOW ........ 39 MKMOHY FOE Owcrs 42 KNOX I BW .., .., ..., 44 HBALT CoNimverioN Pimzi. i f A Jl . . ., . ., ,45 B n, , , , , 4g CARD SOIWINO ............. 51 CANCKIXATIOK ........-.., .., , .... W 53 yott .. 6S or ......... 60 ......, ... 6S Til viii CONTENTS VAOIB BALL AND FIELD PROBLEM 04 THE BINET-SIMON SCALE 66 THE YERKES-BKIDGES POINT SCALE . 71 CHAPTER IV TEST NORMS 74 TABLES 77 DISTRIBUTION CURVES FOR TESTS WITHNUMEROUS FAILURES DUB TO TIME LIMIT . 96 CHAPTER V THE MATURITY SCALE 114 CHAPTER VI SEX DIFFERENCES ... 119 CHARTS ......., .., 121 PART II SOCIAL STUDY PLAN OF HOME INVESTIGATION ...., ., ., 136 TABULATION OF SOCIAL DATA ...., ., .. 141 PART HI PHYB1CAL STUDY PLAN OF PHYSICAL EXAMINATION .......... 153 COMMENT UPON PHYSICAL DATA . . . . . . .,157 NORMS TOE PHYSICAL HSSABUKKJ ., ., .., ., Iti8 APPENDIX RlFBBBNCBS ..., .., 173 ..., ...., i7J POE GIVINO AN0 SCORIKO 1H OTB MATUB1TY ..... 174 LIST OF ILLUSTRAT FIGS. 1 and 2 CART CONSTHUCTIOK TEST Facing Page 21 FIG. 3, CART MODEL Fad m P mt 23 FIG. 4. NABRATIVB PICTURES Facing Page 25 FIG. 5, BOARD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF FORMS . Facing Page 31 FIG. 8. INSTRUCTION Box DIMENSIONS . Page 32 FIG, 7. INSTRUCTION Box Facing Page 33 PIG 8 MATERIALS FOE NAIL DEI VINO ., , Facing Page 30 FIG. 9, PEOBLIM Box, Facing Page 58 FIG. 10. ELLIS OBJECTS, ., , , , . ., Facing Page 43 FIG. Ha. POSITION OF PIECES FOE HIAJLT A. Pag 40 PIG, lib. POSITION OF PISCKS TOE HJSALY lf A, .., . . Page 47 FIG, 12. POSITION OF PIECES won HBALY B, , Page 49 Pio, 13 StJBSiHTtJTioN KBT CARD .........., ., ., ...... . Page 56 FXG 14 BHA ANB RBIJD EvALtiATiON TTIW .., ........ . Page 65 INTBODTJCTION PEBMIBSJXBT was granted to the Psychological Survey by the Board of Education to conduct an investigation in the New York City Public Schools in February, 1915. The immediate purpose of the investigation was to obtain norms for a series of tests for New York public school children in the poorer and more congested portions of the city, as a basis for further study of the value of mental tests for improved school room procedure. It was hoped that the results would justify the establishment of a school clinic for normal children to assist the teacher in meeting the problems of individual pupils Psychological tests had been used as the basis for giving immediate suggestions to the teacher for the treatment of a group of children in Public School 15 who had been un able to adjust to the usual class-room procedure The work led to the belief that the diagnosis made from the analysis of a reliable series of tests would be of practical value to the teacher in dealing with puzzling children...