Child’s I. Q. Rating
No Cause For Panic
NEW YORK (/P)—If your child’s
first I. Q. score is disappointingly
low, don’t take it too seriously.
He may have been tired, or
bored, or scared, or just confused
by the unfamiliar look of the test
questions.
On future tests, he’s likely to do
better, if you as a parent don’t
make a production out of his score.
An authority in the testing field,
Prof. Elizabeth Hagen of Teachers
College, explains that the I. Q. test
is only one gauge of a child’s brain
power. Instead of measuring total
intelligence—which she says no
one test can possibly do—it in
dicates scholastic ability only, and
as such is a helpful guide in plan
ning a child’s academic work.
Keep Cool
But early test scores may give a
false picture of the child’s ability.
Some children get into an emo
tional dither over any exam, and
can’t do their best. A calm, cool ap
proach by the parent is a positive
help to such a child, so he won’t
tense up at testing time.
Other children are thrown by the
mechanics of their first test, find
it hard to understand directions,
stop and start, and wind up with an
invalid score because of their con
fusion.
The slow reader is handicapped
too, since tests are predicated on
reading abilty. Give him some rem
edial reading help, and next time
he’ll forge ahead to a more realis
tic score.
Prof. Hagan feels some children
are tested much too early in their
school careers. Often it’s the over
anxious parent who pressures the
kindergarten teacher into giving
an I. Q. test. The educator throws
cold water on that idea, saying
children at that age are much too
young and have far too limited a
concentration span to have the test
mean anything.
Wait To Test
She recommends waiting till the
fourth grade when the tests will
have more significance, and won’t
shatter the child because by then
he has acquired basic verbal and
mathematical skills.
Can a child raise his I. Q. level?
Prof. Hagan says no. He can raise
his score when he’s more at ease
with the test; but that doesn’t mean
his intelligence has increased. It
merely shows the test is making
contact with the child’s ability, and
his scores now more nearly match
up with his brain power.
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The sticks I refer to are those
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To secure a full picture of a
child’s intelligence calls for con
tinued observation of him in many
situations, rather than depending
on one test for all the answers.
Parents should be alert to the
child’s motivation, his adjustment
to new experiences, his flexibility,
his creativity. And they shouldn’t
hesitate to relay their observations
to his teacher so she too will be
informed.
CG Wives Club
Adds 5 Members
Five new members were wel
comed into the U. S. Coast Guard
Wives Club at their regular meet
ing held July 17. Those joining
were Bessie Hilby, Judith Jarvis,
Ida Nelson, Dori Ross and Ro
chelle Sdhneider, bringing the to
tal of members to 33.
Attendance pins were presented
to Betty McSwain and Pat Winston
during the meeting.
The club project of work for the
iNaval Station Hospital, which in
cludes sewing, mending and mak
ing hot water bottle covers, will be
continued by the group.
Certificates
Save Face
PITTSBURGH W—Not all pu
pils graduating from Pittsburgh
public schools in 1962 will get di
plomas. Some of them will receive
certificates instead under a new
plan announced by the Board of
Education.
The new plan calls for certifi
cates to be given to pupils who
reach tihe end of high school with
g grade average under 1.5. This is
halfway between and “D.” The
grade scale runs from 1 for “D” to
4 for an “A” average.
“The only thing different that
will happen is that the piece of
paper will have the word ‘certifi
cate’ on it instead of the word ‘di
ploma,’ ” says School Superinten
dent Calvin E. Gross.
There will be no distinction on
the graduation program, he asserts,
adding, “If a youngster receives a
certificate, that’s his business.
We’re not trying to stigmatize any
body.”
Mrs. M. L. Aaron, a board mem
ber, said, “The policy is predicated
on the idea that the youngster who
won’t exert himself enough to earn
a 1.5 average isn’t worth a di
ploma.”
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Jack H. Lee
Kodiak Visitor
John (Jack) H. Lee and Charles
E. Danielson, both guests at the
Pioneers’ Home at Sitka, entering
there from Kodiak, celebrate birth
days in August.
Jack Lee, who has been visiting
in Kodiak the past few days, will
observe his ninety-sei ond birthday,
August 11. Charles Danielson will t
be eighty-three August 27.
Birthdays of other guests at the
Home, together with the town from
which they entered is as follows:
Porter Turner. Aug. 1, 1901,
Sitka; Carl Worster, Aug. 2, 1894,
Ketchikan; Albert Barlow, Aug. 4,
1885, Fairbanks; Urho Kortesma,
Aug. 4, Ketchikan; Oney Omley,
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