Howard Andrew Knox : pioneer of intelligence testing at Ellis Island /

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 pu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Richardson, John T. E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Knox, Howard Andrew, > 1885-1949.
Knox, Howard Andrew, > 1885-1949
Geschichte 1910-1930.
Nonverbal intelligence tests > United States.
Physicians.
Physicians
Intelligence Tests > history
Intelligence > Tests non verbaux > États-Unis.
Médecins.
physicians.
PSYCHOLOGY > Assessment, Testing & Measurement.
PSYCHOLOGY > Experimental Psychology.
Nonverbal intelligence tests
United States
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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