A clinical record of diagnostic and remedial instruction
| Autor: | Inez Glenny, Ullin W. Leavell |
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| Rok vydání: | 1942 |
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| Zdroj: | Peabody Journal of Education. 20:157-161 |
| ISSN: | 1532-7930 0161-956X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01619564209535755 |
| Popis: | The Terman-Merrill Revision of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test was given to Enna by a member of the Clinic staff. The I.Q. obtained was 122. On the Kuhlmann-Anderson group test which had been given five months earlier Enna had reached an I.Q. score of 104. The only specific physical weakness revealed by the individual tests administered in the clinic was in visual imagery. Enna was given ten different performance tests on which her median mental age was 13+. Some of the tests included in this group were the Healy Pictorial, Casuist Form Board, Pintner Manikin, and Porteus Maze Test. From the results of the battery of tests given it was clear to the examiners that the child's reading difficulties were due to factors other than low intelligence. Investigation into Enna's school history revealed many weeks of absence during each school year because of her late entrance, children's diseases, and sinus trouble. Enna's first school year-so vitally important in forming correct attitudes toward abilities and skills in reading-showed an absence of seventeen weeks. Further investigation showed that during her first four years of school enrollment she had lost approximately two years of school experience! Records for the current year showed an absence of eight weeks. It was not surprising that a child with a history of such irregular attendance would have had difficulty in mastering the mechanics of reading. No doubt a child of less intelligence would have had records of several grade failures. Enna's general health condition other than occasional attacks of sinus was good. Audiometer tests revealed no hearing defects. Examination of her eyes disclosed no faulty vision. Conferences were held with the child's mother and teachers in an attempt to discover all factors that might have contributed to |
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