South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-25

4 YARDSTICK that will measure your brain
"A power An instrument" that can COM
4 \ pute your intellectual force accurately
as the horsepower Of a motor car or the calibre
Of a rifle
Science believes it has found it in the Binet-
Simon-Terman Intelligence Scale, which is being
developed and which already is bringing surpris-
ing results in many American schools and courts.
The Scale, briefly: is set of questionnaires
for every age, beginning at the age Of three, and
going up, year by year. through sixteen, to the
test for Superior adult"
It is the exact opposite Of such tests as the IA
nous Edison QUESTIONABLE. The Edison test
showed only how much acquired information
man had. The Binet test is designed not to get
at the individuals fund Of information but to
measure his powers Of perception and his abstract
reasoning power.
The result worked out by mathematical
formula in which ace is tie second EQUATION
gives the individuals intelligence quotient. or
iargon.
II you are ten years old and have the nteIIi
renee Of a ten-year-old, you have normal l. O :"
II you are ten and have the intelligence Of six
have the intelligence of a twelve-vear-old or a
en-year-old, Won have a High l. O."
BY the practical application of these tests in
public schools, it has been discovered that ago
alone is not sufficient key to proper grading. II
has been discovered that mental age bv no means
always corresponds to physical age. and in many
sclentihcay administered public schools children
are graded by their intelligence quotients rather
than by their size and age.
Il is possible also in many cases. to take =
child Of twelve fourteen wears. and deterr, mo
with great accuracy whether there is any rse for
him to study for a learned profession or whether
he would be Dredestiued failure in II and
would be better Oft by learning TRADER vica
versa 1t NAV find an exceedingly brilliant mind
perhaps entirely unsupported bv parents and
teachers the child of parents who were man
ra! labOrers, and point the way to his achieving
brilliant success in intellectual pursuits
Applied in the children's courts and in courts
for adults, too, il is often discovered that an in
dividnal delinquent has a mind far retarded be-
hind his physical age-thus entirely changing the
issue Of his moral responsibility and the disDosi-
tion to be made If his case.
Il Is Impossible TO give al. or oven a ma ioritv
OF the tests. this page They fill book Put
some typical ones for various ages may be given.
Here are some you can try on your three
year-old baby If YOU have one:
Point, successfully, to your nose ewes mouth
hair. and ask him to each. Say What
is this7"
Show him, successfully, a KEY, penny. a
closed knife. watch. pencil. and ask the same
question
Show him the picture Of the interior Of a
Dutch horne which Is reproduced on this page
and say, Tell me what you see IN this picture -
If there is no response say, "Show the cat. -
Say "Show me the table" Repeat these dues-
he should be able to point out and name at leas.
three things in response to the first question, if
he IS encouraged and it is repeated
Say, What is your name?"
Say. Are you little boy or little girl?"
Say, Can you say, Mamma" Say, "Nov
say. Nice Kitty" Say. Now say, I have q
dog The child should be able to repeat a sim
pie sentence of six to several syllables
If the child gets three -fourths or more OF the
questions correct. It is Of average intelligence. II
II misses many Of them it is backward II il
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