Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxii, 309 pages)
,
illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0231141688
,
0231512112
,
9780231141680
,
9780231512114
Content:
Howard Andrew Knox (1885-1949) served as assistant surgeon at Ellis Island during the 1910s, administering a range of verbal and nonverbal tests for the mental capacity of potential immigrants. An early proponent of nonverbal intelligence testing (largely through the use of formboards and picture puzzles), Knox developed an evaluative approach that informs the techniques of practitioners and researchers today. Whether adapted to measure intelligence and performance in children, military recruits, neurological and psychiatric patients, or the average job applicant, Knox's pioneering method
Content:
Before Ellis Island -- Early years -- Army days -- The context -- Immigration, intelligence, and the public health service -- The measurement of intelligence -- At ellis island -- Developing the ellis island tests -- The ellis island tests -- Popularizing the work at Ellis Island -- Practical issues in intelligence testing -- After Ellis Island -- The legacy -- Developing performance scales -- Borrowing the Ellis Island tests -- What do performance tests measure? -- An appraisal
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231141680
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0231141688
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Howard Andrew Knox New York : Columbia University Press, ©2011
Language:
English
Keywords:
Biography
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Bookmarklink
