Psychological Test, Gates Primary Reading Test. Type 3. Paragraph Reading. Form 1
date: label: date made
content: 1926
name: label: author
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 University, 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 3, tested here, is paragraph reading. It was designed for primary students (grades 1 and 2). This example was copyrighted in 1931, It is Form 1 of the test, and was filled out in 1938.
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content: Compare 1990.0034.074, 1990.0034.075, 1990.0034.076, 1990.0034.077, 1990.0034.078, 1990.0034.079, 1990.0034.092, and 1990.0034.093.
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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. 1981. This is online at a site known as yumpu.com, accessed April 20, 2020.
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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: 1990.0034.077
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content: 1990.0034
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content: 1990.0034.077
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Psychological Test
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 22 cm x 28 cm; 1/32 in x 8 21/32 in x 11 1/32 in