Psychological Test with Directions, Detroit Kindergarten Test
date: label: date made
content: 1921-1925
name: label: maker
content: Baker, Harry J.
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content: Kaufmann, H. J.
notes: label: Description
content: The Detroit Kindergarten Test was coauthored by Harry J. Baker (1889-1981), clinician, and Herman J. Kaufmann (1892-1948), statistician, of the Detroit Public Schools. It appeared in 1921. Baker, director of the psychological clinic of the Detroit Public Schools, had his bachelor’s degree, master’s, and PhD. from the University of Michigan. Kaufmann, born and initially educated in Germany, graduated from the Iowa State Teachers College and attended the University of South Dakota. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I and worked for the Detroit school system from 1919 until his retirement in 1938. The test was copyrighted by the Baker and Kaufmann in 1921 and by the World Book Company in 1922. The revised directions that accompany the test were copyrighted by World Book Company in 1922 and 1925.
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content: The test is an individually administered intelligence test, to be given to students entering kindergarten.
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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. 30.
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content: Baker, H.J. “An Experiment in the Education of Gifted Children,” Exceptional Children, 9 #4, 1943, pp. 112-120. This article indicates Baker’s job and lists his degrees.
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content: “Herman J. Kaufmann,” <I>Detroit News</I>, April 21, 1948, p. 25. This article gives biographical information about Kaufmann.
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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
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content: Gift of Samuel Kavruck
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0034.119
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content: 1990.0034
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content: 1990.0034.119
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Psychological Test with Directions
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 14 cm x 21.7 cm; 1/32 in x 5 1/2 in x 8 17/32 in