Psychological Tests, Pintner-Durost Elementary Test. Scale 1: Form A and Scale 2: Form A (with directions and key)
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content: 1940
name: label: publisher
content: World Book Company
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content: Durost, W. N.
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content: Pintner, Rudolf
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content: This test was designed to measure the general ability of students in the last half of second grade, third grade, and the first half of fourth grade. The authors were Rudolf Pintner (1884 -1942) of Teachers College of Columbia University and Walter N. Durost (1906-1984) of World Book Company, the publisher of this test. It was part of a series of such tests developed by Pintner and colleagues for students in different grades (for the test for younger elementary school students, see the Pintner-Cunningham Primary Test – materials relating to it are at 1990.0034.011).
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content: The test is divided into two parts, picture content and reading content. It sold in two forms, Form A and Form B. Materials here include Form A of the test for picture content, Form A of the test for reading content, a manual of directions for the whole test, and three scoring keys for various parts of the test.
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content: Pintner, born in England, received a Master of Arts from the University of Edinburgh in 1906 and a PhD. from Leipzig University in 1913. He came to the United States in 1912. After a year at Toledo University in Ohio, he went to Ohio State University, and then, from 1921 until his death, was at Teachers College. Durost was born in Maine, graduated from Bates College in 1929, and received his M.A .(1930) and PhD. (1932) from Teacher’s College. He was director of the research test service at World Book Company in Yonkers from 1937 to 1948, then an assistant professor of education at Boston University, and then, from 1952, director of the Test Service and Advisement Center in Dunbarton, New Hampshire. In 1957, he took on responsibilities in Florida as well.
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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. 185.
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content: Harry L. Hollingworth [sic], “Rudolf Pintner, 1884-1942,” <I>American Journal of Psychology</I>, 1943, 56 #2, pp. 303-305.
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content: “Dr. Rudolf Pinter of Columbia Dead,” <I>New York Times</I>, November 8, 1942, p. 51
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0034.121
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content: 1990.0034
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content: 1990.0034.121
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Psychological Tests
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content: psychological test
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 cm x 22 cm; 5 1/2 in x 8 21/32 in