The Mental Growth of Children from Two to Fourteen Years: A Study of the Predictive Value of the Minnesota Preschool ScalesThe Mental Growth of Children from Two to Fourteen Years was first published in 1942. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.This discussion of the development and application of the Minnesota Preschool Scales includes detailed accounts of the statistical analyses used, follow-up studies, and a number of case histories, as well as a review of previous work in the testing of infants and young children. Covers a 12-year period during which trained examiners tested the same children at stated intervals. 1,350 tests were used in the standardization of verbal and nonverbal forms. Test standing on the Minnesota scales showed correlation with standing on tests given at the completion of high school. |
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Historical Survey | 3 |
Standardization of the Scales | 19 |
The Selection of the Tests and Their Arrangement | 26 |
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1916 Stanford-Binet 36 months 47 months ability age group Age in Months age levels age range appears Arthur scale average Binet C-score Chapter chil child chronological age Correlations between IQ-E's different ages difficulty dren early earned by children examiner factors Form Goodenough high school included infants initial test intelligence intelligence quotient interval between tests IQ-E IQ-Equivalents Kuhlmann large number later standing measurement mental ages mental growth Mental Scale mental tests Merrill-Palmer scale method Minnesota Preschool Scales MINNESOTA SCALES EARNED nonverbal scale number of items nursery school occupational percentile percentile ranks points predictive value quartile reported retest groups revision SCALE Under 36 selection sex difference shown shows sota scales earned standard deviations standard scores standardization group Stanford subsequent IQ's Table tasks Terman test and retest test items test results Test Scores tests given tion TOTAL SCALE University of Minnesota verbal scale Verbal Test young children