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The Measurement of Intelligence. Louis M. Terman. pp. xix and 

 362. Houghton Mifflin Co. Price $1.50. 

 The educator is no longer content with the accomplishment of 

 results, he must know definitely the type of mind with which he 

 is dealing, must know the progress he is making in terms of actual 

 measurement, and he wants to test his final results in ways that 

 lend themselves to expression with mathematical exactness. 

 In nature-study little progress has yet been made in any one of 

 these three lines. We have little knowledge of what information 

 or mental equipment the average child may be expected to have 

 on entrance to school. Few tests have been put in preparation 

 for determining the relative value of various methods of instruc- 

 tion, and still less apprises of the results that are accomplished. 

 This book makes no immediate contribution to the testing of 

 nature-study work, but it does help lay the foundation for all 

 such measurements. The first part of the book deals with the 

 general use of intelligence tests, particularly the Binet-Simon 

 tests. Part two takes up the detailed instruction for conducting 

 this test as modified by the Stanford Revision and these instruc- 

 tions are given for each year. Some of the special titles in the 

 chapters are material suggestive to the nature teacher, such as 

 finding out what the child knows of the names of the parts of its 

 body, of familiar objects, of colors, and ability to interpret pictures. 

 Anyone who is going to undertake the testing of children in nature 

 work should at least be familiar with such a book as this. 



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