Psychological Test, Tests in Fundamental Abilities of Visual Art
date: label: date made
content: 1927
name: label: maker
content: California Test Bureau
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content: Lewerenz, Alfred S.
notes: label: Description
content: This test, for students in grades 3-12, is in three parts. They are:
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content: Part I – includes separate tests on recognition of proportion and originality of line drawing.
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content: Part II – includes separate tests on observation of light and shade, knowledge of subject matter, and visual memory or proportion.
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content: Part III – includes separate tests on cylindrical perspective, parallel perspective, angular perspective, and recognition of color.
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content: This test was a relatively early product of the California Test Bureau, a publisher of tests founded in 1926.
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content: Alfred Spier Lowerenz (1897-1975) was born in upstate New York, joined the field artillery during World War I, and then attended the University of Southern California, where he obtained an A.B. in 1921, an M.A. in 1928, and an Ed.D. in 1937. He had a long career with the Los Angeles Public Schools, becoming director of evaluation and research.
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content: References:
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content: Lewerenz, Alfred S., “Predicting Ability in Art,” <I>Journal of Educational Psychology</I>, December 1929, 20:702-704.
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content: Fletcher, Russell Holmes, <I>Who’s Who in California</I>, Los Angeles: Who’s Who Publications Company, 1942-1943, vol. 1, p. 540.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
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 David Gold
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0710.07
label: accession number
content: 1989.0710
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content: 1989.0710.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Psychological Test
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.5 cm x 28 cm; 8 15/32 in x 11 1/32 in