CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -While Binet’s original intent was to use the test to identify children who needed additional academic assistance, the test soon became a means to identify those deemed “feeble-minded” by the eugenics movement.

Detailed explanation-2: -Introduced by Albert Binet and published as the Simon–Binet test in 1905 (Binet and Simon, 1905), the first tool for the assessment of intelligence was aimed to detect and support children with special needs. The items included in this test battery reflected age-appropriate intellectual ability.

Detailed explanation-3: -noun Psychology. a test for determining the relative development of intelligence, especially of children, consisting of a series of questions and tasks graded with reference to the ability of the normal child to deal with them at successive age levels.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1904, the Minister of Education asked Alfred Binet to create a tool that could be used to identify these children and Binet, with the help of Théodore Simon, created the first intelligence test.