CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The French government commissioned Binet to develop an intelligence test that would
A
reduce the need to rely on teachers’ subjectively biased judgments of students’ learning potential.
B
use achievement test scores to accurately predict aptitude.
C
effectively distinguish between practical and creative intelligence.
D
demonstrate the innate intellectual superiority of western European races.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Binet was asked by the French government to develop an intelligence test to use on children to determine which ones might have difficulty in school; it included many verbally based tasks. American researchers soon realized the value of such testing.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most basic tenet of Alfred Binet’s theory is that intelligence can be defined by the comparison of the performance of children at the same idea. The concept is that there are certain tasks that most six-year-olds can complete. Binet asserted that children who could not complete those tasks were below average.

Detailed explanation-3: -Alfred Binet and the First IQ Test In 1904, as part of this effort, the French government asked Binet to help decide which students were most likely to experience difficulty in school.

Detailed explanation-4: -The test created by Alfred Binet was designed specifically to: C) predict school performance in children. Current intelligence tests compute an individual’s intelligence score as: C) the amount by which the test-taker’s performance deviates from the average performance of others the same age.

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