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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 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. | :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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Revision as of 23:57, 28 April 2009
- 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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