Psychological Test, Gates Primary Reading Tests. Type 1. Word Recognition. Form 2
date: label: date made
content: 1943
name: label: maker
content: Gates, A. I.
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content: Columbia University. Teachers College
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content: Arthur I. Gates (1890-1972) obtained his Bachelor of Law (1914) and his M.A. (1915) from the University of California at Berkeley and his PhD. from Columbia University (1917). He spent the rest of his career on the faculty of Teachers College at Columbia, putting special emphasis on the study of reading and language arts. Teachers College published his tests. Gates not only was the author of reading tests at several levels but of textbooks and basal readers.
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content: Gates divided his test into three “types” of skills. Type 1, tested here, is word recognition. This version of the exam, which was designed for primary students (grades 1 and 2), was copyrighted in 1926. It is Form 2 of this test.
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content: Compare 1990.0034.074 (especially), 1990.0034.075, 1990.0034.076, 1990.0034.077, 1990.0034.078, 1990.0034.079, 1990.0034.092, 1990.0034.093, and 1990.0034.116.
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content: References:
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content: American Psychological Association, <I>1962 Directory</I>, ed. James Q. Holsopple, Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1962, p. 244.
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content: MacGinitie, Walter, “The Contribution of Arthur I. Gates,” Conference of the International Reading Association, St. Louis, 1981. This is online at a site known as yumpu.com, accessed April 20, 2020.
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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
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content: Gift of Samuel Kavruck
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0034.116
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content: 1990.0034.116
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content: 1990.0034
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Psychological Test
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 21.6 cm x 28 cm; 1/32 in x 8 1/2 in x 11 1/32 in