THE CHINA MAIL FRIDAY SUPPLEMENT, JUNE 11, 1987
INTELLIGENCE TESTS FOR CHILDREN
Indicating A Child's Mental Development
ESTS below are for children aged from six to nine years. It is Don't count more than the first of similar type, choosing a sixpence
pointer to the way your child's mind is developing.
By the age of six your child will be at school, and you will be able to gauge to a certain extent how he compares with other children in intelligence.
It is reassuring to parents, how- ever-particularly when they re- ceive depressing school reports-to be able to see that their child is' absolutely normal in development. They can then blame the school tui- tion and not the child.
Any normal child in good health. who can pass some of the following tests, according to his age, should be able to get on well at school→→→ provided the school is known to be successful with its pupils.
Left and Right
Scoring: The child must pass either three out of three or five out." of six to have passed the test.
Test 2: The child should, by the age of six, be able to count up to 13 while indicating objects.
"What do you mean? You bet I'm glad they didn't have intelli- gence tests when I was a kitten.”
Put a
Scoring:
The test is passed if the child is successful in one, out of two trials.
This test is not given until the age of seven in America, but with our children, through our slightly different methods of teaching and toys, the number sense develops
earlier.
Mental Arithmetic
and a two-shilling piece but don't let the two-shilling piece problem involve a difficult subtraction.
Scoring: Two out of the three problems should be answered cor- rectly in 16 seconds each.
Test 2: Think of four simple things such as football, sailor, lion, motor car. Then say to
child, "What is a footban that
ally, choose things with child is familiar.
the
Age seven. Test 1: Your child should now be able to do simple Scoring: The child has scored addition sums in his head. For if he not only describes the appear- instance, the number of fingers on ance of the thing, but also says each hand, the number of fingers what it does or what people do with on both hands. Just ask, “How it. Be careful in this test to as- many fingers have you on certain that the child understands one hand?"
on "How many the the question. He need only pass other hand?” "How many on both in two of the four definitions to be hands together?"
of average intelligence for his age.
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Scoring: All three questions must be answered promptly and without counting out loud. It does not matter if the child excludes and says-four, four,
Try this with pennies. row of 13 pennies on the table and ask the six-year-old to count them the thumb while pointing in turn to each and eight.
Test 2: Choose three pictures with movement in-them.
Age six. Test 1: The child should be able to distinguish be tween left and right. Ask him to "Show me your left ear" and "Show me your right eye." You may test by giving three commands. If the penny. first set are not successful, try Show him how to begin by say
ing, "Look, like this.
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Test 3: By eight a normal child's vocabulary includes 3,600 words. Choose 20 ordinary words that a child is likely to use every day--- such as dress, scream, jump, tap, fire-and ask him to explain their meaning.
A battle, Scoring: One word explaining the meaning is sufficient if it is cor- them rector a child may, if he likes, launch out into a lengthy explana- tion.
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a hunt, children playing, are suit- able-suggestions. Show one at a time, to the child, and ask, "What is this picture about?”
Don't ask what he sees
in the picture, as we are asking the seven- interpret the picture,
vers eine late things in it.
not
Dates and Rhymes Age nine.
Test 1: Try the date question- on the nine-year-old. What day of the week is it? • What Scoring: Two out of the three month is it? What day of the pictures should be i
interpreted cor- month? What year is it? rectly. The child may describe
Scoring
The child should get things in the picture as much as he all answers correct except the day likes, but he must grasp in his des- of the month, in which he is allow- cription what is happening.
ed a margin either way of three days,
Counting Backwards Age eight, Test 1: By eight a Test 2:
Explain to the child child should be able to count back what you mean by a rhyme and wards from 20 to one. Make clear give an example either in two lines what you want him to do. It is of poetry; or else in a number of permissible to begin to show him simple words. Then Bay, "I am thus: "20, 19, 18
going to give you a word, and you Scoring: Should not take more will have one minute to find as than a minute, and there should many words that rhyme with it as not be more than one error (or you can.” omission).
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Ask him a simple question: "If two out of three words given him I gave you a shilling, and asked you he is successful in finding three to get yourself a 2d båll, how much rhymes for it in the time limit of change would you have to give me one minute.
back?"
Choose words that have plenty Ask him another two questions of rhymes, such as day, mill, cat,
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