alfred binet is credited with the development of the first intelligence test.
alfred binet is credited with the development of the first intelligence test.
who is credited with the development of the first intelligence test?
alfred binet
alfred binet published "mental fatigue" in 1898, in which he attempted to apply the experimental method to educational psychology. in this experimental method he advocated for two types of experiments, experiments done in the lab and experiments done in the classroom. in 1904 he was appointed the minister of public education. this is when he began to look for a way to distinguish children with developmental disabilities. binet strongly supported special education programs because he believed that "abnormality" could be cured. the binet-simon test was the first intelligence test and was the first to distinguish between "normal children" and those with developmental disabilities. binet believed that it was important to study individual differences between age groups and children of the same age. he also believed that it was important for teachers to take into account individual students strengths and also the needs of the classroom as a whole when teaching and creating a good learning environment. he also believed that it was important to train teachers in observation so that they would be able to see individual differences among children and adjust the curriculum to the students. binet also emphasized that practice of material was important. in 1916 lewis terman revised the binet-simon so that the average score was always 100. the test became known as the stanford-binet and was one of the most widely used tests of intelligence. terman, unlike binet, was interested in using intelligence test to identify gifted children who had high intelligence. in his longitudinal study of gifted children, who became known as the termites, terman found that gifted children become gifted adults.
educational psychology
the original kabc was developed from neuropsychological theory, merging left brain-right brain research on cerebral specialisation (e.g., sperry, 1968) with luria’s sequential simultaneous processing dichotomy (luria, 1966) and work in cognitive psychology. the kabc focuses on the processes needed to solve problems rather than their content i.e. verbal vs. non verbal. the kabc was one of the first intelligence tests to be principally derived from strong theoretical basis and the first intelligence test to be based in neuropsychological theory (reynolds & kamphaus, 1997). an important feature of the kabc is that it yielded smaller than average score differences than was typical between african american and european american ethnic groups, making it particularly useful when assessing children of difference ethnicities.
kaufman assessment battery for children