Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-02
By PROF. W. F. BOOK,
Head OF Psychology Department IndiaT

Head Of Psychology Department Indiana
University.
In applying the Indiana intelligence
tests 10 gauge native ability, school
PUPILS from the first grade to high school
seniors are given the tests-the subject
varying with the grades Naturally, the
tests for the first grade pupils will seem
easy and simple to the parents Of school
children. but these tests have been COM
piled with a view toward finding the abil-
ity OF the hrst-grade pupils TO recognize
words when the words are mixed with
combinations of letters having no mean
ing.
This example from the 1rst-grade read
ing vocabulary will illustrate the keen
qualities the grade pupils display
when they successfully pass the test Inc
example:
rint COW, eux, chal, rusl.
In this example COW is the world hid
den among the meaningless combinations
Of letters. Another example:
sutr, els, time. tsul. bael-
The third combination Of letters spell
ing time is the correct word in that ex-
ample. There are twenty seven different
examples. each one containing a WORD
which should be in the vocabulary OF the
first grade pupils. In scoring this test
the pupil correctly answering each ex-
ample receives twenty-five points, these
points applying In determining the pos
sible points out Of 100 In the various
tests for hrst-grade pupils.
Eight minutes is allotted the pupils
for the test and at no time does the
teacher giving the test answer any OF
the examples, but they may, however, De-
gin the test with an Illustration or q
similar example, but not one that Is In the
list To prevent a pupil from merely
marking the second or third word In eacn
line the test is so arranged that the cor
rect words do not appear In tie same po-
sitfon IN any two lines, one time 1t Is the
first word, a second time the third or
fourth word. and the position varies in
each example.
In one survey already conducted 1t
rss found that pupils in the same local
itv or even the same township vary ire
rnendousIv. It would clearly be unjust
TO both pupils and teachers TO expect the
same quality or amount OF school work
from classes which differ so widely In ma
tive mental endowment
For pupils in grades ranging from sec
ond to fourth inclusive the Indiana In
tellicence tests include examinations to
determine verbal ingenuity, logical tuds-
ment arithmetical ingenuity and moral
judgment
In testing verbal ingenuity 8 list Of
twenty-five examples are set out In
each example there are words which
make a correct sentence and a word that
has no relation to the thought Of the
sentence. The words forming the SEN
tence are not in proper order, often the
verb is first, then the subject and object
the object leads and various similar com
binations are used in order to vary the
style Of examples and test Of ingenuity
Of the pupils
This is an example Of one Of the SEN
fences;
The cat at see. '~
In that example the word at in the
unrelated word and when it is crossed
out the sentence, See the cat" can be
formed.
Another example is:
my suit dollars wear twenty new
cost"
The word wear" is the unrelated word
and when Il is crossed out the sentence
MY new suit cost twenty dollars" can
be formed. Other examples contain as
high as fourteen words in them and one
Of the words bear no relation to the text
matter OF the sentence
For the logical judgmemnt there are a
series of words and one Of the words
bears no relation to the others. For ex-
ample:
Beef. lamb, bread, mutton. pork
In this series Of words bread" is the
unrelated word. There are twenty four
similar series Of words, each having an
unrelated word. To test arithmetical in
genuity there are twenty-five examples
each one a series Of numbers In one
series all the numbers are odd excepting
one OF the numbers which is even. The
pupils cross out the even number An
other example has even numbers with an
odd number. Other examples have num-
bers IN which the difference between
each is two points-with the exception Of
one number that It not in that ratio.
This number is stricken out. Some
series are a multiple Of two others a null
tiple Of five, each has an improper num-
Der which the pupils strikes out
Moral judgment is guaged by a series
OF words such as justice, fairness, shrewd-
ness, honesty, trickery. The pupil
crossed the word which represented the
worst In this case, trickery. Another ex-
ample has the words patriotism. disloyal-
II, double dealing. treason, fraud In
that example treason is the worst. There
are twenty-five similar examples. In each
Of these tests the student is given five
minutes for each examination NY next
article will deal with tests for pupils
from fifth to eighth grade.