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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    second, to gain light on the teaching of spelling. This second practical pedagogical problem was undertaken at the request of Superintendent Cooley. It is hoped that later on added data will enable us to make this report more complete. The scope of the work can best be seen from the following copy of the card on which the data were recorded: [Form C. S. and P. I. No. 5.] No. . ?Board of Education, City of Chicago, Educational Department, Room 1200 Schiller Building. Name . Grade . Number of weeks in this grade . School . Room No. . Teacher ——. 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 , Hoav taught spelling . I Visual acuity: Right Left Acuteness of hearing: Right Motor ability: Rio-hf. y Aft » Memory-span test: A nrl i torv m prnrvrv _ - Visual memory Vudio-visual - -------- Audio-visual articulatoryT j^^jtlio-YisUftl hfmtl motor - -- Spelling test: A ndi tnrv vn pvn orv Visual memory The data to be recorded upon the upper part of the card were furnished in part by the pupil himself and in part by his teacher. Careful check tests were made on sight, hearing, and motor ability. Later, measurements were taken of height, height sitting, weight, strength of grip of the right and the left hand, and vital capacity. Method.—For the purpose of investigating the native power of immediate sense memory of the children of different ages, memory-span tests were made in the fol- lowing manner: Figures were arranged in series of different lengths of from four to eight digits each, only the nine significant digits being used. 'These series were printed in very large type on cards. A set constituting a test consisted of ten-series, two series of four digits, two of five each, two of six, two of seven, and two of eight. The following is a specimen set of the series used in a test: In order that the matter might be as homogeneous a mass of material as possible, an attempt was made to avoid all previously established associations. To this end