Reading task #4

According to Rudolph Pintner in “the Pre-school Child” in “Intelligence Testing Methods and Results”, 1923, Pintner explained that “the present interest in the pre-school child has aroused a similar interest in the problem of intelligence testing at this age” (Pintner, 1923, p232). First, Pintner stated that intelligence test is easier for children whose ages from two to six than the first two years of life. Pintner also reported that “in general the I.Q. of young children has not been found to be as stable or consistent as the I.Q. of older children” (Pintner, 1923, p236). Second, Pintner introduced that there are four different results of “the Elementary School Pupil” (Pintner, 1923, p239). Pintner described that the intelligence test is being used to divide children into different groups. Pintner noted that “the second results of intelligence tests are being used to help determine the promotion, acceleration or demotion of pupils” (Pintner, 1923, p269). Also, Pintner showed that “a third use of intelligence tests is in the fields of educational and vocational guidance” (Pintner, 1923, p270). Then, Pintner found that the intelligence tests can connect with educational tests. Finally, Pintner revealed that “intelligence tests show that the high school pupil belongs in the upper half of the distribution of intelligence” (Pintner, 1923, p288).