The Witmer Formboard And Cylinders As Tests For Children Two To Six Years Of Age

Author : Gladys Genevra Ide
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266256083
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book The Witmer Formboard and Cylinders as Tests for Children Two to Six Years of Age (Classic Reprint) written by Gladys Genevra Ide and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Witmer Formboard and Cylinders as Tests for Children Two to Six Years of Age The Witmer formboard and cylinders have been used for several years in the Psychological Clinic of the University of Pennsylvania as a means for measuring the abilities Of children. Since no one knew how the ordinary child performed the test nor in how many seconds he could do it, comparisons were always made between children of like age who had appeared at the Clinic. In 1915, Dr. Herman H. Young Obtained formboard records from a large number of normal children of school age in the public schools Of Philadelphia, and a similar investigation for the cylinders has recently been made by Dr. Franklin C. Paschal. Not enough records have yet been col lected for the standardization of either test, but a start in that direction has been made. Many children of less than six years are brought to the Clinic for examination. The use of either of these tests as testing or teaching material is Of doubtful value if no one knows what is to be expected Of normal Children of from two to six years Of age. The Clinic has held consistently that the child of four years should be able to do the formboard correctly, and the child of six years, the cylinders, but this view came as a result of clinical experience and not from the records of a large number Of normal children. Through a study of records Of normal children of kindergarten age or younger the present investigation aims to determine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.