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The Binet-Simon Test was a test developed in France by psychologist Alfred Binet and physician Theodor Simon.  It was the first so-called intelligence test to try to classify different levels of developmentally challenged children to place them into proper classes.  The test consisted of 30 questions which gave each student a "mental level".
:The Binet-Simon Test was a test developed in France by psychologist Alfred Binet and physician Theodor Simon.  It was the first so-called intelligence test to try to classify different levels of developmentally challenged children to place them into proper classes.  The test consisted of 30 questions which gave each student a "mental level".


Binet would conduct exercises to improve his students mental level.  The exercises worked, and the students' scores improved on the test.  Binet believed that '''heredity was not a predeterminer to intelligence'''.  Goddard, however, turned Binet's findings upside down.
:Binet would conduct exercises to improve his students' mental levels.  The exercises worked, and the students' scores improved on the test.  Binet believed that '''heredity was not a predeterminer to intelligence'''.  Goddard, however, turned Binet's findings upside down. [1]
 
 
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The Binet-Simon Test was a test developed in France by psychologist Alfred Binet and physician Theodor Simon. It was the first so-called intelligence test to try to classify different levels of developmentally challenged children to place them into proper classes. The test consisted of 30 questions which gave each student a "mental level".
Binet would conduct exercises to improve his students' mental levels. The exercises worked, and the students' scores improved on the test. Binet believed that heredity was not a predeterminer to intelligence. Goddard, however, turned Binet's findings upside down. [1]


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