The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31

a YARDSTICK that will measure your brain
~ power An INSTRUMENT" that can com
pute your intellectual force accurately
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Science believes It has found It in the Binet-
mon-Iorman Intelligence Scale which is being
developed and which already is bringing surpris-
ing results in many American schools and courts
me scale briefly, is set OF qucstionnaireg
Tor every age, beginning al the age Of three, and
test for Superior adult"
" IT, The exact opposite Of such tesfgaag the In
nous Edison questionnairc The Edison test
showed only how much acquired information
man, had. The Binet test is designed not 10 get
at the individuals fund Of information hut to
measure ms powers OF perception and his abstract
The result worked out by mathematical
IornWa IN which age Is tho second equation
jareon.
II you are ten years old and have the intelli.
gencc OF ten-year-old you have a "normal O +"
years, you ore Low l. O." II Won are ton and
have the intelligence Of a twelve-voar-od, or
hfteen-year-old you have a High O."
By the practical application Of these tests In
pnbhc schools y has been discovered that age
alone Is not sufficient key to proper grading II
has been discovered that mental age bv no means
aaWays corresponds to physical age, and in many
scientifically administered public schools oh ldren
are graded by their Intelligence quotients rather
than by their size and age
It is possible also. in many cases 10 take
child OF twelve fourteen years and determine
with great accuracy whether there IL any use for
him to study for learned profession or whether
ne would be sure prodestiued failure In Il and
would be better of by learning a trade -or vicc
versa, II may find an exceedingly hrilIiont r,irJ
perhaps entirely ursusnccted hv parents and
teachcrs-in the child Of PARENTS who were man
ual laborers and point the way TO his achieving
brilliant snccess in intellectual pursuits
Applied in the chl1ycu'a courts and IN corr+s
for adults- too it is often discovered that an in
dvidual delinquent has a mind far ret arded bc
hind his physical age--thus entirely CHANGING fbe
issue or his moral rcSnuus hiliJy and the dqnoeI-
ton 20 be made Of his case
tt is Impossible TO give all or even n ma iorit,,
of the tcsts ON this page They IN book But
some typical ones for various ages NAV be given
Here are some you can try on vour threa-
year-cld baby II you have one;
Point, succcsSively, TO your nose, eyes mouth
hair, and ask him to name each. Say What
Show him, succcssively, key, penny. a
closed knife watch, pencil and ask the same
question,
Show him the picture of the interior Of
Dutch home which is reproduced on this page
and say, "Tell me what you m this picture ?"
Say, "Show me the table" Repeat these uues-
tions pointing 10 simple objects I'm the picture
He should be able to point ont and name at least
three things in response to the first question II
he is ENCOURAGED and 1t is repeated
Say, ,What is your name?"
Say, NArc You a little boy OF little girl7"
Say, Can you say, Mammal" Say, Now
say Nice kitty" Say, "Now say. Il have a
dog" The child should be able to repeat sim
pie sentence OF six to several syllahlcs
II the child gets three-fourths or more OF the
questions correct it is Of average intelligence II
it misses many Of them it is backward II II
a Child Should BE Able to ~Make Up