Pamphlet, Understanding Testing Purposes and Interpretations for Pupil Development
date: label: date made
content: 1960
name: label: maker
content: McLaughlin, K. F.
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content: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
notes: label: Description
content: In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, practitioners of the relatively new discipline of psychology developed a variety of objects for use in testing the intellectual abilities, skills, and response times of individuals. Shortly before the outbreak of World War I, they began to use paper-and-pencil tests to evaluate such human characteristics as intelligence, manual dexterity, work skills, academic achievement, personality, and character. The new methodology was used by the U.S. Army during World War I to test the intelligence of recruits. After the war, it spread widely in American schools, offices, and industry.
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content: Psychologist Samuel Kavruck (1915-2009) accumulated a collection of tests during his long career at the U.S. Civil Service Commission, the U.S. Office of Education, and George Washington University. Three of them involve physical manipulation of wooden puzzles, the others are paper-and-pencil. The materials date from 1916 to 1966, with the bulk from between 1920 and 1950. In addition to tests, the collection includes score sheets, test keys, manuals, and related publications.
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content: Accession file.
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content: “Samuel Kavruck GWU Professor,” <I>Washington Post</I>, March 16, 2009.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Psychological Tests
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Samuel Kavruck
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0034.001
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content: 1990.0034.001
label: accession number
content: 1990.0034
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pamphlet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 20 cm x 26 cm; 1/32 in x 7 7/8 in x 10 1/4 in