Mentally Defective Children

Name: Mentally Defective Children
Author: Théodore Simon Alfred Binet

by Théodore Simon Alfred Binet

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MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN
ALFRED BINET AND TH. SIMON, M.D.
AUTHORISED TRANSLATION BY
W.B. DRUMMOND, M.B., C.M., F.R.C.P. (Edin.)
AUTHOR OF "AN INTRODUCTION TO CHILD STUDY," ETC. WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING THE BINET-SIMON TESTS OF INTELLIGENCE BY
MARGARET DRUMMOND, M.A.
AND AN INTRODUCTION BY
PROFESSOR ALEXANDER DARROCH
FOURTH IMPRESSION
LONDON EDWARD ARNOLD
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY BILLING AND SONS, LIMITED GUILDFORD AND ESHER
INTRODUCTIONToC
CONTENTS
MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IIToC
SOME FEATURES OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DEFECTIVES
The Mentally Defective.
Naming by Memory Thirteen Pictures.
Immediate Memory of Phrases.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IIIToC
PEDAGOGICAL EXAMINATION OF DEFECTIVE SCHOOL CHILDREN
A. THE RÔLE OF THE TEACHER: TO SELECT THE CHILDREN SUSPECTED OF BEING DEFECTIVE.
DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL FOR BOYS, RUE GRANGE-AUX-BELLES.
B THE RÔLE OF THE PRIMARY INSPECTOR: TO ACT AS REFEREE.
Tests of Instruction.
SCALE SHOWING KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED BY PUPILS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Correction of Sums.
Results of Arithmetic Tests in an Elementary School in Paris.
Method of Marking Mistakes.
Examination of Instruction of a Child proposed for Special Class.
PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION.
Tests of Intelligence. Seven Years.
Nine Years.
Eleven Years.
Tests of Intelligence put to Normal Children of Eleven Years of Age.
Definition of an Idiot.
Definition of an Imbecile.
Definition of a Feeble-Minded Child.
PARTICULARS. SUPPLIED BY THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IVToC
THE MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF DEFECTIVES
The Doctor not to pick out the Detectives from amongst the Children in School.
The Frontiers of Abnormality (Boys).
Medical Examination of the Children Presented.
Scheme for Medical Examination
MEDICAL SCHEDULE.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VToC
THE EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL RETURN OF SCHOOLS AND CLASSES FOR DEFECTIVES
FOOTNOTES:
APPENDIX
Tests of Intelligence.
FOOTNOTES:
DIAGRAMSToC
INDEXToC
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