Child study in Chicago : [a report ] / [by Fred W. Smedley].

  • Smedley, Fred W.
Date:
[1902]
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Credit: Child study in Chicago : [a report ] / [by Fred W. Smedley]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    of strength, vital capacity, and endurance.—Annual increase in growth and development.—The physical concomitants of dullness and precocity.—Righthandedness.—Growth abnormalities and motor defects.—Tests of sight and hearing.—School desks.—The child-study laboratory.—The John Worthy School (reformatory) .—Percentiles.—School standing of the different percentile groups.—Memory investigation. [In the spring of 1899 Dr. W. S. Christopher, a member of the Chicago board of education, con- ducted a child-study investigation in certain of the public schools of that city, the results of which he reported to the school board. The success of this inquiry led to the establishment of a permanent department of child-study and pedagogic investigation, under the directorship of Mr. Fred W. Smed- ley. Mr. Smedley had been a teacher of child study in the University of Chicago and actively engaged there several years in laboratory work in physiological psychology. During his term as director of the department of child study he made two reports describing his methods and giving in considerable detail the data he had collected and the conclusions he had arrived at. The information contained in this chapter has been selected from those reports.] [From report of Director Fred W. Smedley for 1899-1900.] The work of the department of child-study and pedagogic investigation for the past year has consisted mainly of a continuation of the tests inaugurated by Dr. W. S. Christopher in March, 1899. It seems but natural that the starting point for a S3^s- tematic pedagogical study of Chicago school children should be an attempt to deter- mine the laws of their growth and the relationship which may exist between physical growth and mental development The results of the test on each individual pupil were recorded on a card, the fol- lowing copy of which will serve to show the scope of the data collected. Name, — Grade, — School, - Teacher, No. . Number of weeks in this grade, . Room No. ——■. Date of birth: Year, ; month, ; day, Place of birth, , . Place of birth of father, , . Place of birth of mother, , . School standing Attention Memory Judgment Best work is in Poorest work is in Deportment Date Age — Height with shoes Height of heel Net height Height sitting Weight with clothes Weight of clothing, estimated Net weight, estimated Ergograph: Hour Weight used Centimeters traveled Work: Centimeter-kilogram.. Duration of work Strength of grip: Right hand Left hand IfiQK