A Method of Measuring the Development of the Intellignece of Young Children

The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale is an intelligence scale developed by Alfred Binet and Théodore Simon. Alfred Binet is a French psychologist, doctor of medicine and law at the University of Paris, founder of the first experimental psychology laboratory in France. Théodore Simon is a French psychologist and head of the Pedagogical Laboratory in Paris. In the 1920s and 1930s he was in charge of a colony for the mentally retarded. This test uses a single indicator of the level of intelligence - IQ, which is equal to the ratio of the mental age of the subject to his real age, multiplied by 100. Both ages are measured in months. Currently, this scale for assessing intelligence is used mainly in Western countries to assess readiness for school, as well as the distribution of students in schools of different levels and when entering universities. The aim of the authors was to present their test system in a final revised form, with adequate explanation and instructions for its use, but without the theoretical and philosophical discussion that accompanies its exposition in L'Annee Psychologique. In fact, this book is a handy guide for those who want to use this method.