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"IQ was developed to predict which children would perform best in school so that they could be streamed..." I believe it was developed to predict those which w
by mcguire 6y ago
"IQ was developed to predict which children would perform best in school so that they could be streamed..."
I believe it was developed to predict those which would perform worse so they could be further examined for specific issues and extra help.
- disgruntledphd2 6y agoYou are correct, I misremembered.
- ahazred8ta 6y ago"(in 1904) The French Ministry of Education asked these researchers to develop a test that would allow for distinguishing mentally retarded children from normally intelligent, but lazy children." -- Binet developed it out of an earlier concept of 'mental age', the average ability level of a child aged so many years and months.