4/8 BINET-S1M(JN TESTS ON ZULUS. 



I shall not recount all the (luestions and ])roblems used, but 

 run through the list briefly, with various comments. 



So far as possible, we have simply translated the tests into 

 Zulu. I shall not here g-ive the Zulu text of every cjuestion, nor 

 of many. 



The Binet-Simon series of tests begins with tests for " Age .V 

 and proceeds by steps of a year to " 12 years.'' There are also 

 " 15 Years " and " Adult " tests. 



Age 3. Here we simply translate three of Binet's tests: 

 "Where is your nose? your mouth? your eyes?" "Repeat 

 6, 4." " What do you see in this picture?" (pictures of a man 

 on a park bench, a man with a cart, etc.) In |>lace of repeating 

 the sentence used in the Goddard revision, we gave Zulu sen- 

 tences of an equal number of syllables. In ])lace of asking the 

 family name, we put. " What is your (father's name?'' 



Age 4. We simply translated the tests similar to those trans- 

 lated for Age 3. For one test, in which a key. a knife, and a 

 penn}' are to he recognised, we substituted three objects more 

 familiar: a mutsha, a native i3ot, and l^eads. We tried the Binet 

 objects, but found them too difficult. 



Age 5. Here we simply translated the directions, using 

 Binet's tests pickino' out the heavier object, copying a s(|uare. 

 counting pennies, putting together a pattern. We substituted 

 for Binet's sentence to be repeated a Zulu one of the same number 

 of syllables. 



Age 6. Here we translated all the tests. For one. where the 

 prettier face w^as to be selected, we had ])repared drawings of 

 native faces, but found Binet's European faces equally satisfac- 

 tory. For the directions — " take this key from the chair, shut 

 the door," etc., in the tests of obeying commands, we foimd it 

 wise to substitute a spoon for a key as being more familiar. 



Age 7. Here we also translated most of the tests: finding 

 things missing in a picture, such as that of a figure without arms : 

 counting pennies, telling what is seen in pictures, naming colours, 

 copying a rhombus. On the last test (for this age, in which the 

 subject repeats five figures, we had to make an enlarged time 

 allowance of ten seconds instead of three seconds becajuse the 

 Zulu numerals are very long words. 



Age 8. Here we had to make some changes. Binet asks 

 for three pairs of differences, which seemed very unfamiliar to 

 the children. We put in such as " What is the dift'erence between 

 an ox and a fowl?" On repeating figures we had again to in- 

 crease the time allowance as for Age 7. For naming the days 

 of the week, which proved impossible for nearly all subjects up to 

 a much later age, we found it good to substitute the naming of 

 seven parts of an ox. The test of making change we had to 

 omit, as being one with objects unfamiliar to most subjects. We 

 did not succeed in finding a substitute. 



Age 9. Here we found it necessary to omit all the tests. 

 The test of making change was omitted for reasons just given. 

 The test of defining things — a hand, etc. — had to be omitted. a< 



