Howard Andrew Knox
Subtitle: pioneer of intelligence testing at Ellis Island
By: John T. E. Richardson
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780231141680; 9780231512114
Subjects: Nonverbal intelligence tests
Description: Consulting published and unpublished sources, Richardson establishes a chronology of Knox's life, including details of his medical training and his time as a physician for the U.S. Army. He describes the conditions that gave rise to intelligence testing, including the public's concern that the United States was opening its doors to the mentally unfit. He then recounts the development of intelligence tests by Knox and his colleagues and the widely-discussed publication of their research. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Before Ellis Island; title: Early years; title: Army days; title: The context; title: Immigration, intelligence, and the public health service; title: The measurement of intelligence; title: At ellis island; title: Developing the ellis island tests; title: The ellis island tests; title: Popularizing the work at Ellis Island; title: Practical issues in intelligence testing; title: After Ellis Island; title: The legacy; title: Developing performance scales; title: Borrowing the Ellis Island tests; title: What do performance tests measure?; title: An appraisal.